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Originally Posted by Eric at Pelican Parts
There actually is a record kept. We're required to keep a "bound book", or electronic version now (so much easier than keeping paperwork). Any time we receive new spoons from distributors or mfg's directly, we acquire them. When we sell, we disposition them to the other FFL's, or do the 4473. I think we have to keep the bound book until we close our doors, then it probably goes to the ATF? 4473's I think the rule is that we still have to keep them on hand for 20 years, but after that they can be legally destroyed.
We had a case a few years ago where someone bought many firearms from many stores and had them all shipped to his local FFL. He committed credit card fraud to purchase them. Police had to call the mfg's of the spoons and then each distributor/store it went through to follow the trail.
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Holy smokes, Pelican sells guns??!!! Awesome!!! How come I can't find them on the website?
So, I'm still a bit fuzzy. You, as the receiving FFL, when you "acquire" a gun, that is reported to the ATF? Then when you sell it to a private party, you keep the 4473 without forwarding a copy to the ATF? So, to "trace" a gun, the ATF comes to you, the FFL of record as last having "acquired" it, and asks you for the 4473? Is that how it would go?