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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2384366" data-attributes="member: 1132">CLEO&#039;s currently have discretionary power over the NFA process for individuals. That&#039;s why Trusts got so popular as a means to bypass them. If BATFE gets their way and requires CLEO signoff on Trusts &amp; Corps., it will set up a legal challenge avenue to require THEM to do it. I&#039;m all for that, because it would no longer be discretionry. If it&#039;s legal in your jurisdiction and you&#039;re not a prohibited person, they&#039;d be forced to approve. I&#039;m not sure whether the state legislature could force local CLEO&#039;s to sign off. I know for a fact the U.S. government can&#039;t (see Printz v. U.S.). Personally, I think it&#039;s past time to force the federal government to serve the public and do it. I&#039;d like to see an automatic system, whereby BATFE has a set amount of time to process the application, or it gets passed on to the NFA branch without requiring a local office signature. That way offices in anti-gun jurisdictions couldn&#039;t &quot;slow roll&quot; applicants as a deterrent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 2384366, member: 1132"] CLEO's currently have discretionary power over the NFA process for individuals. That's why Trusts got so popular as a means to bypass them. If BATFE gets their way and requires CLEO signoff on Trusts & Corps., it will set up a legal challenge avenue to require THEM to do it. I'm all for that, because it would no longer be discretionry. If it's legal in your jurisdiction and you're not a prohibited person, they'd be forced to approve. I'm not sure whether the state legislature could force local CLEO's to sign off. I know for a fact the U.S. government can't (see Printz v. U.S.). Personally, I think it's past time to force the federal government to serve the public and do it. I'd like to see an automatic system, whereby BATFE has a set amount of time to process the application, or it gets passed on to the NFA branch without requiring a local office signature. That way offices in anti-gun jurisdictions couldn't "slow roll" applicants as a deterrent. [/QUOTE]

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