OK, before this gets out of hand . . .
There a few states where a CCW permit acts as a substitute for a NICS check. I think maybe about a dozen states. I don’t know why these states qualify while most don’t but I believe it has something to do with the states routinely running CCW permit holders back through the NICS system on a regular basis. I live in Missouri and here your CCW permit does nothing to streamline a gun purchase. Buyers still have to undergo a NICS check.
Now, as to the premise of the article . . .
I’m an FFL. I had a BATFE compliance inspection a few months ago. It wasn’t bad. It took maybe five hours over the course of two days (an afternoon and morning). Of course, I don’t sell 7,500 guns a year like the folks in the story. I run about 500 4473 forms each year. I had three years of gun sales on my books by the time I was first inspected.
Again, it wasn’t a bad experience. Not nearly as bad as I expected. If a dealer does the tasks he signed up to do correctly he shouldn’t have too hard of time of it.
Thank you for facts on the ground.