Got a request from DOJ National Tracing Center today!

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I had a C&R license several years ago and bought and sold a few C&R rifles and handguns. Anyhow, I get an email today from DOJ that they are doing a trace analysis on a Yugoslavian SKS I purchased back in 2002 and want to know if I still have it.

I called them and they said Law Enforcement has asked for a trace on this rifle and that is all they could tell me. I had sold this rifle and gave them the name and address of the C&R holder who got it back in 2004, thanks to my bound book I had the info.

My question. Should I be worried? Is this routine? What is the deal?

Thanks!
 
MtnCreek said:
Do you still have a C&R? If not, did they ask for your bound book when you turned in the C&R?
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Don't have the C&R and I never turned in my book. I still have it and will keep it around forever. I don't know if I was supposed to send it in or not.
 
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/collectors.html#gca-records

Q: Are licensed collectors required to turn in their acquisition/disposition records to ATF if their collector’s license is not renewed or they discontinue their collecting activity?
No. The GCA requires the delivery of required records to the Government within 30 days after a firearms “business” is discontinued. A license as a collector of curios or relics does not authorize any business with respect to firearms. Therefore, the records required to be kept by licensed collectors under the law and regulations are not business records and are not required to be turned in to ATF when collectors’ licenses are not renewed or collecting activity under such licenses is discontinued.
[18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4), 27 CFR 478.127]
 
They were happy with the information I gave them and I am not going to dwell on it any more. It is in the hands of the other C&R holder I transferred it to now.
 
A trace is nothing to worry about UNLESS the licensee sold the gun in question illegally or did not keep the proper record. Or UNLESS the licensee is an 03 and made a business of buying and selling guns.

Jim
 
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