shipping a firearm between two individuals
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patmccoy
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Your friend will need a copy of the FFL the firearm is being shipped to
George Dickel
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Make sure your friend puts a note in the box with your name, phone and address so the receiving FFL knows who the gun is for. I would ask your FFL what he needs for confirmation of identity of your friend so he can record in his records who he received it from. I usually enclose a copy of my driver's license.
dogtown tom
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No nonlicensee is or has ever been required to have a copy of the receiving dealers FFL. Just ship to that licensed dealers address.
dogtown tom
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Nope. No federal law or ATF regulation has ever required such.
"Licensees" on the other hand must have a copy of the receiving dealers FFL before we can ship a firearm.
CraigC
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No but it helps to know it's actually going to a dealer.
And many dealers like to have a copy of the FFL they're receiving from. Mine wants a copy of the individual's driver's license.
Madcap_Magician
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Legally true but you should call the receiving FFL to make sure they will accept guns from non-licensees and also so they know that a gun is coming and for whom it is intended...
dogtown tom
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A paper copy of the receiving dealers FFL isn't proof that the firearm is going to a licensed dealer. Photoshop is a thing.
The shipper using FFL EzCheck DOES validate the dealers address. All thats needed is the first three and last five numbers of the FFL#.
As do I, but the documentation required by the receiving dealer has nothing to do with providing a copy of his FFL to a nonlicensee for shipping.
dogtown tom
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It's the responsibility of the buyer to know his dealers policies on receiving transfers. It amazes me how often someone buys a gun, has the seller ship to me and it arrives with no documentation on buyer or seller. A mystery gun.
No dealer likes doing detective work because a customer didn't think it helpful that his dealer knows about an incoming firearm.
I have three mystery guns sitting in my safe right now.
dogtown tom
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Sure, just tell me what they are and where they came from and hand me $60 and they are yours.
Insignificant bill
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That's why I always provide you with all the info you ask for. Then wait for your callIt's the responsibility of the buyer to know his dealers policies on receiving transfers. It amazes me how often someone buys a gun, has the seller ship to me and it arrives with no documentation on buyer or seller. A mystery gun.
No dealer likes doing detective work because a customer didn't think it helpful that his dealer knows about an incoming firearm.
I have three mystery guns sitting in my safe right now.
dogtown tom
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