Which begs the next question: Why bother calling at all? If the secretary is just going to tell you "It's pending", then you're just going to have to wait. Let's face it, there's nothing to be done other than wait. ...

I'm blessed to live in NC with a good Senator. After waiting since 12/19/17 and being in FBI pending background since June, I called their office on the 6th, they had me to fill out paperwork to inquire to FBI, I turned it in early morning the 11/8/18 and Senators office forward me a reply from FBI that they cleared status on he 11/9/18. Next day after 11 month wait, can't be coincdence. It took NFA 2 business days to...

Examiner's don't answer the phones. And in most cases they wont transfer you to your examiner unless you have a legit issue. I went pending 7/26/17 and still waiting I have called many times and only talked to my examiner once. Pending 7/26/17 FBI background around 3/15/18 called 11/13/18 still waiting on FBI ...

On behalf of all of us here who want to get their suppressors: Please stop calling the ATF. All you're doing is tying up the examiner on the phone and slowing them down from processing our forms. I get it: you want your suppressor. But so do we. If you look around on this forum, you'll quickly realize one fact: your Congressman has next to no ability to speed this process along. So sit back, relax and just keep riding...