I am hoping someone can answer this question, or refer me to where I can find this information. I sold a rifle on Gunbroker. I recieved a copy of the buyers FFL, and shipped the gun. I was told today that the buyer could not recieve the gun from the FFL because I had not sent a copy of my drivers license. I am reluctant to do this as my Drivers license has my Name address, SSN, DOB etc on it. The gun was shipped to Montna.Is this a state or federal requiremnt? Thanks for any help.
Phil
The FFL holder is wrong! There is also no ATF requirement that the shipper/seller have or needs to go through an FFL, on the sending end. The FFL is necessary on the receiving end, to make the transfer of ownership to the new owner and do the background check on HIM. Here, in Utah, as CCW holders, we do not need background checks and are only charged a small fee, set by the FFL. Some gunsmiths locally, do not even charge me anything. Kelifornya really sticks it to their customers. Many FFL holders are embarassing ignorant of the laws they are charging you to know. Some others are likely just greedy and make up rules to suck some extra income from you. The answers are found here:
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/ Happy to say, all the actual rules make sense, considering what they are trying to accomplish. Rare, in government organizations. I had a very nice chat with two ATF agents at our SG gun show, Sunday. Very nice guys, gave me a new C&R booklet and answered my questions very well.
Please look at the ATF FAQs. You got several wrong answers on this thread.
Welcome to the board,
