Jim I wasn't endorsing the practice. I was merely relating my recent experiences. The way I look at it different businesses operate different ways which have nothing to do with the law. The one that bothers me the most is the rampant refusal by so many dealers to sale to California. There is certainly no law stating they can't but they decide thats the way they want to do business. In all cases where a copy of my DL was required it was stated up front and generally noted on their FFL. I consider them to be more liberal than those dealers who refuse transfers all together unless it is an FFL to FFL transfer which is also not a law.