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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
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?
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kinda. What do you mean by private party. FFL to non FFL? Face to face transfers don't go through a 4473 depending on state. ffl to ffl I just put in the lisence number into my log, and the name/address (of course the spoon details).
Even more interesting. ATF isn't allowed to imput the 4473 into a database. they have to sort through each of the paper 4473 to trace a weapon back.