question about multiple transfers

[taliv]

i understand if you buy more than 1 handgun in a 5-day period, the ffl has to report multiple sales to the atf

first, does that also count for long guns?

second, if i have a few local ffls i do business with, and want to buy several cheap guns from some place like cdnn or gunbroker, if i send one gun to each ffl, does it still get reported?


i'm not sure why i even care. i'm in no hurry to get the guns. it just feels like the atf has turned this into a game.

third, if you were going to buy several... and you get charged a $10 NICS fee, if you transfer them all at once, do you only pay one NICS fee? (i'm in tennessee) and if so, at what point does saving, say, $40 or $50 or $60 become worth getting reported for multiple transactions?

 

[SLCDave]

I wouldn't worry about sending them to more than one FFL. Since buying multiple guns is legal, I'd just do it through one FFL. In my mind, using more than one would look more fishy, but what do I know?

 

[Walt Sherrill]

Only if the transfers come from the same FFL, and the extra paperwork is not whether you buy, but whether ownership transfers are completed in a 5-day period.

My FFL says it generates some extra paperwork for him, which he'd like to avoid -- and it sometimes prompts inquiries from the ATF.

So when it happens that two come in at the same time, I pick one up immediately, and wait until the next week for the other.

He does me favors, so I return them. (His idea. I didn't mind.)

Stupid exercize, actually.

 

[NHBB]

Both FFL's I have used charged me for multiple gun orders, transfer fee for each individual firearm... would be nice if they just charged you for the transfer with a flat rate.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

first, does that also count for long guns?

It is handguns only and 2 or more purchased in 5 consecutive business days.

 

[EOD Guy]

TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS

CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

PART 478_COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents

Subpart H_Records

Sec. 478.126a Reporting multiple sales or other disposition of pistols
and revolvers.

Each licensee shall prepare a report of multiple sales or other
disposition whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of, at one
time or during any five consecutive business days, two or more pistols,
or revolvers, or any combination of pistols and revolvers totaling two
or more, to an unlicensed person: Provided, That a report need not be
made where pistols or revolvers, or any combination thereof, are
returned to the same person from whom they were received. The report
shall be prepared on Form 3310.4, Report of Multiple Sale or Other
Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers. Not later than the close of
business on the day that the multiple sale or other disposition occurs,
the licensee shall forward two copies of Form 3310.4 to the ATF office
specified thereon and one copy to the State police or to the local law
enforcement agency in which the sale or other disposition took place.
Where the State or local law enforcement officials have notified the
licensee that a particular official has been designated to receive Forms
3310.4, the licensee shall forward such forms to that designated
official. The licensee shall retain one copy of Form 3310.4 and attach
it to the firearms transaction record, Form 4473, executed upon delivery
of the pistols or revolvers.

Example. 1. A licensee sells a pistol and revolver in a single
transaction to an unlicensed person. This is a multiple sale and must be
reported not later than the close of business on the date of the
transaction.
Example. 2. A licensee sells a pistol on Monday and sells a revolver
on the following Friday to the same unlicensed person. This is a
multiple sale and must be reported not later than the close of business
on Friday. If the licensee sells the same unlicensed person another
pistol or revolver on the following Monday, this would constitute an
additional multiple sale and must also be reported.
Example 3. A licensee maintaining business hours on Monday through
Saturday sells a revolver to an unlicensed person on Monday and sells
another revolver to the same person on the following Saturday. This does
not constitute a multiple sale and need not be reported since the sales
did not occur during five consecutive business days.