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Gun Sales Tied Up Nationwide Because of Lack of New Forms for Background Checks

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edited February 2002 in General Discussion
Gun Sales Tied Up Nationwide Because of Lack of New Forms for Background ChecksThe Associated Press Published: Feb 20, 2002DENVER (AP) - A minor change in a form for federal background checks blocked gun sales across the country this week because the new paperwork didn't reach dealers on time. "We didn't know about it until (Tuesday) morning when sales clerks called the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and they said they wouldn't process any more background checks unless they were on the new forms," said Dave Anver, president of Dave's Guns, the largest gun dealer in Colorado. "No one in the entire state could make any sales without the new form," Anver said. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms spokesman Dave McCombs confirmed Wednesday that the forms were never mailed. The company hired to print the forms couldn't complete the order, McCombs said. Because of that, ATF offices have been inundated with requests to have the forms faxed, he said. "I've got everyone I have working for me and we've still got 100 or so dealers waiting for the new form," McCombs said. He faxed more than 200 forms on Tuesday. Federally licensed dealers are required to get criminal background checks on gun buyers before approving sales. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which conducts the checks for dealers in Colorado, was bombarded with calls Tuesday, said CBI agent Mike Igoe. Igoe said the ATF notified him of the change last week, but when he contacted some of the state's largest dealers, none had received even the notification letter. "They truly have something to be angry about," he said. "They had to stop and get the proper form to conduct any business." Most dealers expected to have at least a faxed version of the form on Wednesday, but McCombs said he wasn't sure when the problem would be resolved. Anver said the new forms have boxes where applicants must check their ethnicity, rather than writing it in as they did before, and they require a specific location if the sale is made at a gun show. The ATF announced the change in October in a letter to all federally licensed firearms dealers. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAXFMFFXXC.html
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