LEO has NO say in the ATF approval of a C&R FFL,in fact he can't examine the bound book OR your home without a warrant !
Your LEO was way out of the bound of the law !
The ATF is the only one who can do a compliance inspection and thats once a year (unless there is
"a licensee you are required to display your license on your licensed premises, to maintain certain required books and records accurately,
and to submit to a compliance inspection of your licensed premises, your inventory and your required records as often as once annually.The only firearms records which you are required by law to maintain, and to submit for inspection, are an acquisition and disposition book (your bound book), original BATF Forms 4473, Firearms Transaction Record for each firearm sold, original BATF Forms 5300.35 Statement of Intent to Obtain a Handgun(s) (the Brady Act form), and your retained copies (copy 4) of BATF Forms 3310.4, Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers for each multiple sale of handguns. Special occupational taxpayers may also be required to produce their Forms 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 for firearms on hand. There may be additional state law records required of a dealer, but BATF has no jurisdiction over these records and arguably no jurisdiction to inspect them.
When a BATF inspector shows up for a compliance inspection, require credentials to be displayed by everyone present and note the full name of the inspector(s) in writing. Never permit a special agent or a state or local or non-BATF federal official to participate in a compliance inspection. These individuals have no authority under the inspection laws https://gunowners.com/batf.htm
