Well, my friend was running out of his home, and I sat next to him when he called. I can see where it would be completely impractical to have a large retail chain perform this task.
I agree that online would be far faster, and more efficient. Last firearm I purchased was about 2 years ago, and I can't imagine that they would update the entire system that soon. All I know is he called a number, identified himself and his dealer number, reported a transfer, gave make, model and SN of the firearm, then read my Driver's license number, pronounced and spelled my information. This took a couple minutes, and then he received an authorization code, that he entered in his copy of the records. I have no idea of how long he has to retain those records. I know he had online access, because I helped install the system - but for reasons I don't know, he used the phone.
To your point with the CCW, one of the reasons I got my CCW was to allow faster processing, the Gov't has my prints, name, address and the fact that I work for them - they also have my clearance data, which knows they know more about me than my wife ever will.
Well, my friend was running out of his home, and I sat next to him when he called. I can see where it would be completely impractical to have a large retail chain perform this task.
I agree that online would be far faster, and more efficient. Last firearm I purchased was about 2 years ago, and I can't imagine that they would update the entire system that soon. All I know is he called a number, identified himself and his dealer number, reported a transfer, gave make, model and SN of the firearm, then read my Driver's license number, pronounced and spelled my information. This took a couple minutes, and then he received an authorization code, that he entered in his copy of the records. I have no idea of how long he has to retain those records. I know he had online access, because I helped install the system - but for reasons I don't know, he used the phone.
To your point with the CCW, one of the reasons I got my CCW was to allow faster processing, the Gov't has my prints, name, address and the fact that I work for them - they also have my clearance data, which knows they know more about me than my wife ever will.