Of Arms and the Law (link below) has an interesting post about how much the NFA registry sucks after an audit turned up some bad info. Thought y'all might find the whole mess interesting.
The ATF inspectors' comments are damning:
"When I conduct an NFA inventory reconciliation, I start knowing that the NRA register will be incomplete or inaccurate."
"The discrepancies in the NFRTR makes it impossible to verify the onsite inventory."
"I encounter discrepancies on a daily basis."
"In one instance, I received an NFRTR inventory report with more than 60 errors on behalf of the NFA branch."
"A majority of the FFLs I have inspected, NFA is a small portion of their business. However, I spend the most time on the NFA portion due to the NFRTR being inaccurate most of the time."
"It creates embarrassment to the agency and the IOI because we are always wrong."
Original source: http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/20...a_database.php
Report: BATF OIG survenys on NFA best.pdf