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4/25/2012 8:24:53 AM EDT
Will having an active secret security clearance help your class 3 transfers go through any faster?  Or does it not matter?
4/25/2012 8:28:00 AM EDT
[#1]
DNM
 
4/25/2012 8:44:07 AM EDT
[#2]
Nope.

In fact, I've been cleared since I was 18 and every single NICS has gone to an operator never an automated approval. Don't know if the two are related
4/25/2012 8:50:05 AM EDT
[#3]
They are not
4/25/2012 8:51:16 AM EDT
[#4]
Secret security clearances are a dime a dozen. It is very easy to get one.
4/25/2012 8:54:51 AM EDT
[#5]
No.
4/25/2012 9:18:24 AM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Will having an active secret security clearance help your class 3 transfers go through any faster?




No.
4/25/2012 9:22:49 AM EDT
[#7]
Won't affect jack shit.
4/25/2012 9:32:13 AM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
They are not


I didn't think so, but it's one of those "gun store" things i've been told since i started buying guns... you know their one customer who is a CIA black ops delta seal sniper with a clearance so secret it doesn't even have a name told them that's why he gets delayed... disregard the fact that his name is "john smith" and he refuses to his SSN for OPSEC purposes...

my wife always breaks my balls about it b/c she gets instant approvals...
4/25/2012 1:43:53 PM EDT
[#9]
File a VAF with the NICS center.  You can get an application on there site, and you will need Finger print cards also.  I was alway getting the delay notice before last year I did a VAF and was issued a Unique Personal Identification Number.  You put the UPIN on the 4473 instead of your SSN and tell the dealer you have a UPIN.  I got proceed every time since then.  The only downside is it takes about 150ish days for them to issue a UPIN.  It worth it less of a headache
4/25/2012 4:03:20 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
Will having an active secret security clearance help your class 3 transfers go through any faster?  Or does it not matter?


Makes zero difference.
4/25/2012 4:23:33 PM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:
Nope.

In fact, I've been cleared since I was 18 and every single NICS has gone to an operator never an automated approval. Don't know if the two are related


Every NICS check I have ever ran goes to a live operator FWIW.
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