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Sale of a firearm to a Curios and Relics license holder?
- Thread starter ADB
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That is not true. A fax or e-mail copy of a C&R FFL is perfectly acceptable. BATF did not differenciate between types of FFLs when they approved fax or e-mail copies. Their position, and that of most Federal agencies, is that if the originator intended the facsimile signture to be an original then it was.
I know that's true, but it makes absolutely no sense. Legally, a reproduced signature is just as valid as an original. Some sellers say it's because you can't verify a C&R FFL On the BATF eZCheck web site. Again, that make no sense, since it can easily be verified at the eZCheck toll free number. The last 2 I verified there took about 30 seconds each.
I buy and sell C&R firearms, not as a business, as a collector, and what I have found by checking with the ATF regarding transactions originating on an auction web site or in interstate commerce is a faxed or E-mailed copy of an 01 or 03 FFL is just as good as a mailed copy. The key word that always comes up in my conversations with the ATF is the copy must be legible. Since not all Fax machines are able to send crisp clear copies that's where the rub comes in. The bottom line is, if the copy you receive is clear and legible it is just as valid as a photocopy signed in ink and mailed to you.
The seller just needs a signed copy of the buyers C&R license.
A non-licensee is not required to have any copy of a FFL, whether 01 or 03 when sending a firearm to a FFL. There are no provisions in the GCA that require a non-licensee to maintain any firearm transfer records.