What has changed?

[Encore4me]

What has changed with the silencer approval process that is allowing us quicker approvals?


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[Axlrod]

Joe Biden said "it's just a piece of pipe, why make em wait?"

 

[JohnJohnson]

One hypothesis I've heard is that when bump stocks got unbanned, the people at the ATF whose jobs were processing bump stock registrations got redirected to suppressor approvals. But I have no idea if that's true.

 

[wesfromky]

What has changed with the silencer approval process that is allowing us quicker approvals?


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The ATF updated their processes/systems such that for individuals any "Proceed" from the NICS check is automatically approved. Trusts are still slower, but if it is a standard trust, those are moving much faster as well. If you do not get a "Proceed" on your NICS check, it can still take months for approval.

^They also made a few other tweaks to the process as well. Basically, bringing ATF IT systems and processes into the early 2020's vs the early 2000's they were stuck in.