For your convenience, our most common customer questions are answered right here.
What Is A FFL And A FFL Transfer?
A Federal Firearms License (FFL) is a license in the United States that enables an individual or a company to engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture or importation of firearms and ammunition, or the interstate and intrastate sale of firearms. Like Us.
A FFL Transfer: Is a legal document filed with the federal government, making you the legal owner of the gun.
May I lawfully transfer a firearm to an individual who resides in a different State?
Under Federal law, an unlicensed individual is prohibited from transferring a firearm to an individual who does not reside in the State where the transferee resides. Generally, for a person to lawfully transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person who resides out of State, the firearm must be shipped to a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) within the recipient’s State of residence. He or she may then receive the firearm from the FFL upon completion of an ATF Form 4473 and a NICS background check. More information can be obtained on the ATF website at www.atf.gov and http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html. The GCA provides an exception from this prohibition for temporary loans or rentals of firearms for lawful sporting purposes. For example, a friend visiting you may borrow a firearm from you to go hunting. Another exception is provided for transfers of firearms to nonresidents to carry out a lawful bequest or acquisition by intestate succession. This exception would authorize the transfer of a firearm to a nonresident who inherits a firearm under a will or by State law upon death of the owner. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(5)(A). You can only purchase a handgun in the state you reside in. You may have a hand gun shipped to your state from another state to an FFL in your state.
What age must a person be to purchase a firearm from an FFL?
It is unlawful for any Federal firearms licensee (FFL) to sell or deliver any firearm or ammunition to anyone he knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age. It is unlawful for an FFL to sell or deliver a firearm other than a rifle or shotgun or ammunition for a firearm other than a rifle or shotgun to any individual who he knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than 21 years of age. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1).
You have to be 18 to buy a long gun from a dealer, and 21 for a handgun from a dealer
Do You Have Advice For Gun Buyers?
I DO NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING FROM GUNS.COM TOO MANY CUSTOMERS HAD ISSUES WITH THEIR GUNS NOT A GOOD COMPANY TO BUY GUNS FROM…I REMOVED MY FFL FROM THEM…
Yes. Be sure your drivers license shows your current and proper address. Make certain your child support payments are current, and check your purchase over for defects BEFORE you accept it.
I do charge for my time if you do not have correct documents at time of transfer and have to reschedule a fee of 50.00 cash to reschedule another appointment.
I WILL ONLY ACCEPT FROM FFL DEALERS ON GUNBROKER, MY SERVICES ARE NOT LISTED ON GUNBROKER. NO PRIVATE SALES ALL MUST GO THRU AN FFL DEALER.
We DO NOT Accept Curios & Relics Licenses.
I DO NOT CHASE FFL’S OR PROPER FFL PAPERWORK FROM ANY DEALERS OR AUCTIONS THAT’S ON YOU ! WITHOUT THE PROPER PAPERWORK THE FIREARM CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU. MAKE SURE THAT THEY AND YOU UNDERSTAND THIS. YOU WILL BE CHARGED 50.00 CASH FOR MY TIME IF DOCUMENTS ARE NOT CORRECT AT TIME OF TRANSFER.
YOU MUST CONTACT ME BEFORE HAND IF USING ANY AUCTION SITE.
I DO NOT ACCEPT ANY PRIVATE TRANSFERS ON ANY AUCTION SITE.
Be careful on Gun-Broker a lot of sellers represent themselves as FFL Dealers
C&R License Holders ARE NOT FFL DEALERS.
A C&R license is for you to enhance your own collection of ( Qualified ) firearms
50 years and older.
A C&R LICENSE DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER TO ENGAGE
IN THE BUSINESS OF DEALING IN ANY FIREARMS…………BATFE
Do You Have Advice For Gun Sellers?
Yes, Always do an FFL transfer when you sell your gun. Until you do, the gun could technically still be yours. Do a transfer and you are done with it and it can’t come back to haunt you later. Do not make any sales person to person, include a dealer for your protection.
The law has no sense of humor or allowance for mistakes.
Can I Buy A Handgun Out Of State?
Yes, but it must be transferred to a FFL dealer in your state.
What restrictions are there for transfers?
We do NOT ship to California, New York, Massachusetts, Cook County Illinois, Connecticut, or out of the country.
We do not ship to or accept guns transfers from non US citizens.
