Handgun purchase with a twist?

I don't think there's a permanent federal record of single handgun purchases.
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There is a permanent record of all guns purchased, long guns and hand guns.

Long story short….

I applied for a Curio & Relics license around the year 2000 or so. There was a problem, my name exactly matches the name of a convicted felon that lives in the next county to me. Big problem. Over the course of trying to straighten this out, I was directed to contact the FBI. Why I don’t know, but it’s what the BATF suggested. While on the phone with the FBI, they were able to tell me every firearm I had purchased, starting with the most recent, and they went back 10 years or so, then the subject changed. As I understand it, no permanent records are supposed to be kept, but trust me, they are keeping such a record.

I never did get that C&R license, it became too much of a problem.
 
I've had the letter sent at least four times for buying two in five days. I don't realy give a cr*p 'cause I've owned over 150 guns and they probably remember more of them than I do. What happens is you buy a handgun and three days later when you go to pick it up you see a new one you want and off goes the letter.
 
big brother is watching now
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Got news for ya, Big Brother has been watching for a long time.

The multiple handgun reporting requirement has been around a long time. 20 years, maybe longer. It is a requirement for the dealer, not the customer. And requirements for the dealer do not have to be laws passed by congress, they can be regulation changes from the BATFE.

Note when they publically announced that they wanted to change the reporting requirements for rifles (in the southern border areas), there was enough outcry that they got shut down. For now.
 
There's nothing new about this. It goes back to at least the early 70's when it was instituted to help stem the flow of guns to Central America. In Miami, where I grew up, it was not uncommon in those days for an agent to go into a gun store (I can think of at least two that were heavily involved in this) and purchase 100 handguns at a time, destined to go somewhere in Central America or the Caribbean. The regulation was instituted to help the Feds stop the trafficking.
 
You guys are lucky, if I want to purchase another handgun, i have to fill out a request which takes 4-6 weeks to get approved. On the request, I need to specify which handgun I intend to buy as well.
 
I had won auctions on two different 2 guns last year, and when I went to pick up the 2nd from my local FFL, he informed me that he would need to fill out that 5 day form. Asked me if I wanted to come back a couple days later. I wasn't about to have to come back later, told him no that's all right, I've got nothing to hide, fill out the paperwork and let's get this done.

Never heard anything after from anybody.
 
Another twist to multiple acquisitions on the same day

I'm not trolling here, and I don't mean to steal the thread, but I've been in a situation similar, but different enough to ask.

I bought 2 guns within a week from two different sellers. One was thru a gun forum classified ad, and a second gun on Gunbroker.com. I received both guns from my FFL on the same day?
He took care of the paperwork and told me both of the pistols were going to be on the same form.
Is that an indication he had to call it in? I have a CWL so he normally doesn't call in with my gun transfers.
My question boils down to this. With different sellers but one FFL transferring them to me, is this the same as the OP's question, or is this covered under different BATFE rules?
~gearchecker~
 
My question boils down to this. With different sellers but one FFL transferring them to me, is this the same as the OP's question, or is this covered under different BATFE rules?
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I'm would think there's no difference.
Here's another senario. I buy a handgun from LGS "X" and 3 days later buy one at LGS "Y". I don't tell the second guy this is #2 in a 3 day period, does anybody catch it? Will NICS know when they pull me up?
 
There is a permanent record of all guns purchased, long guns and hand guns.

While on the phone with the FBI, they were able to tell me every firearm I had purchased, starting with the most recent, and they went back 10 years or so, then the subject changed. As I understand it, no permanent records are supposed to be kept, but trust me, they are keeping such a record.
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And how are they doing this when the only thing mentioned while calling in a NICS check is handgun or long gun?
 
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