WorldNetDaily: New gun control: Shut down shops: "'Imagine having your driver's license revoked because you did not completely spell out the word 'no' when answering a 'yes' or 'no' question on your application five years ago,' his petition asks.
He told WND the inspectors begin with efforts to locate any petty violation they can, usually clerical mistakes. 'They list these errors as 'willful' which Congress set in the wording to protect FFL dealers,' he said. 'The dealer's Federal Firearms License is then revoked and the dealer must enter an appeals process which is extremely unfair.'"
I used to work for a large department store selling long rifles and shotguns behind the sporting goods counter. When filling out the application, absolutely no mistakes were allowed. Everything must be spelled absolutely correctly, there can be no abbreviations, and there could be no corrections. If any of these were present, the form would have to be thrown away, and a new one filled out. Then after that process, my manager would have to double check the work, then we would have to contact the FBI for the background check. If anything on the form was incorrect, and the firearm was sold, we would face prosecution. Customers would have to wait for days sometimes to be cleared, and there was no explanation when they were not cleared to buy. God forbid if the gun was put on layaway, the customer faced losing a significant amount of money if denied the sale. Now, this was a long time before 9/11, I wonder how much worse it is now?
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