[epow]

. After 30 days (the appeal time) the local law enforcement agency who has jurisdiction where the purchase was attempted is notified by the FDLE and they pick up the form 4473 and investigate the buyer for lying on the form which is a federal and state felony.

That's IF the FDLE can find the applicant. If the applicant lied on the 4473 about eligibility to buy a gun, he/she probably also lied about their home address. I guess an applicant would leave fingerprints on the form, but would fingerprints on paper remain detectable and readable after 30 days? It seems to me that the skin oils that leave the prints would have dispersed through the paper's fibers and become so blurred by the that time that they would be almost useless.

[goldstategop]

No felon is going bother filling out a BATFE form. He will either steal a gun or buy it on the black market.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Still Thinking]

No, actually paper is an excellent medium for fingerprints.