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Sold my pistol, have questions.

BlownCobraBlownCobra Member Posts: 39
edited May 2007 in Ask the Experts
I sold my pistol on Gunbroker this week. The buyer asked me for a copy of my driver's license with the gun going to his FFL dealer. Is that the usual method on transfering a gun across statelines on FedEx?

Can someone tell me the website where you can check on an FFL dealer?

Thanks
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  • jbw1776jbw1776 Member Posts: 3,056
    edited November -1
    It's not uncommon at all. The receiving dealer has to log in his book where/who the firearm came from. The license is just a little extra "proof". Though I'm sure it can easily be faked the dealer has something to show the ATF if they come knocking on his door. I myself ask for a copy of the sellers DL if the firearm is comming from an individual. Just make a copy and black out the social (if on it). Be glad, there are a ton of dealers who won't even accept a firearm unless it comes from another dealer.

    Here's the FBI's FFL EZ Check website.

    https://www.atfonline.gov/fflezcheck/

    Ben
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  • HerschelHerschel Member Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with fbw1776.
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree also. Put yourself in the position of the FFL holder. He earns his living this way and has a minefield of regulations and government officials and law enforcement agencies that have no hesitation fining him or revoking his license. A gun shows up at his shop from someone he's never met and never really done any business with - he wants to ensure, as best he can, that he's being responsible.

    Look at it this way - if a guy you never met before came running out of a bank with a gun in hand & as he passed said "Here - hold onto this for me" you wouldn't do that even if it were a brand new 1957 vintage Python, right? It's a bit of a stretch of course, but I'm sure the FFL holder feels the same way when he receives a gun with no papers.
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  • cowboy77845cowboy77845 Member Posts: 316 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My FFL will not transfer gun received from an indiviual without ID. He told me it was law in Texas.
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  • tsavo303tsavo303 Member Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    you have to.
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  • gskyhawkgskyhawk Member Posts: 4,773
    edited November -1
    if you are shipping the gun yourself then yes you need to give them a copy of your DL , if you don't want to do that , then find a dealer in your area that will ship the gun for you , the local dealer will put your information in his book and his FFL info will be what goes to the recieving dealer
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have always been asked. My dealer also asks
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