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NICS Denial, Firearm Storage Timeframe
rabump199
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So I am looking for some advice/information. I had a customer recently get denied by NICS for a firearm. I advised them, also attempted to give them information on appealing it. Needless to say the conversation went bad, the customer hung up on me, I sent an email with the information on appealing the decision, also I advised them that I would store their firearm until the appeal had a final outcome, I offered to ship the firearm back to where they purchased it at their cost. I have had no communication with the customer, I made a brief contact with the persons SO who used profane language and told me what to do with the gun and insert it. So what do you guys do for denials, how long should I hold the gun, does it belong to me after after a certain amount of time because of no response from the buyer. I could use some help.
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Your kindness could come back and bite you, if the buyer did not want to take your help then i get the feeling the longer you stay involved hey may become a problem for you.
Your offers were quite generous, & the customer was out of line in his response. I was involved in a similar case (the cooperative customer agreed to sell the gun to the FFL for a price agreeable to both).
In your position, I would send the customer a certified letter (with a denial brochure), & give him 2 weeks to contact you in order to determine what you should do with his gun, or advise that you will need to notify your local ATF office. (If he fails to contact you, follow through with the ATF, documenting everything.) No, the gun does not become yours unless the ATF tells you, in writing, that it is yours.
You should not return the gun to the shipper on your own; it's possible that it was sold AS IS, & you don't want to get caught in the middle. Besides, the gun may be evidence if it turns out that the ATF wants to prosecute the customer, so any disposition decision should come from them.
Neal
Please keep us posted on how the ATF advises and what actions are taken, I would like to know how to handle this situation if or when it happens to me![:)]
quote:Originally posted by nmyers
These are the times that dealers really earn their money!
Your offers were quite generous, & the customer was out of line in his response. I was involved in a similar case (the cooperative customer agreed to sell the gun to the FFL for a price agreeable to both).
In your position, I would send the customer a certified letter (with a denial brochure), & give him 2 weeks to contact you in order to determine what you should do with his gun, or advise that you will need to notify your local ATF office. (If he fails to contact you, follow through with the ATF, documenting everything.) No, the gun does not become yours unless the ATF tells you, in writing, that it is yours.
You should not return the gun to the shipper on your own; it's possible that it was sold AS IS, & you don't want to get caught in the middle. Besides, the gun may be evidence if it turns out that the ATF wants to prosecute the customer, so any disposition decision should come from them.
Neal
+1
This does seem to be the best option. All in the clear, all above board and all very open and all well documented. [^]