The law states...... In N.C. to buy a pistol you must purchase a permit from the local sherif. A complete record check is instituted. Once you pass (3-5 days) you can buy a permit (hint buy several). When you select the "gun of your dreams" you must turn in the permit. The FFL takes that and fills out the little yellow form and keeps it. Problem is since we in the state of N.C. (First in freedom) have so much militia activity we need special task forces and that the ATF can show up at your doorstep at any point to look at each and every record for the past 6 years (see my post of a couple of weeks ago) there is no freakin limit on information. They've got you by the proverbial testicals or teats! I have a friend who is has a FFL and handles most of my transactions who said he'd burn his before he got them, but that's not realistic when they pull suprise visits. I'm not sure what the limit is on record retention with firearms, but if they want to find out what you've got they can do it, after all they are hiring 6 or 700 more agents to accomplish this! This sounds like a job for the Tyranny Response Team. Break into gunshops and burn the yellow forms. Yeah, it's just a fantasy, Oh,Oh,Oh, it's not the real thing...... (Billy Joel) Be advised that no one with any sense would dare do such an illegal act. It's against the LAW!