On 10/14/2011 8:44 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:51:17 -0500,
wrote:


Regarding the ATF form 4473, that form is kept in the possession of the
DEALER and is not communicated in any way to the federal government. If, and
only if, the dealer goes out of business, he must box up all his 4473 forms
and send them to the ATF.

Unless...an ATF drone comes into the shop and asks to see the records.
He/She/It is allowed to copy any and all information from those forms
and take it with them. The form stays with the dealer...but the
information goes off to LaLa land .

Nope, ATF can ask only for specific forms for a specific gun while
following a paper trail. They may try to lean on a dealer to get more
general info, but if he's kept his books properly, he doesn't have to
let them see anything but a specific 4473 and it's entry in his bound book.

OTOH, I try to by w/o paper whenever I can, and those guns I did buy
from dealers I later sold at gun shows. Of course, I kept no records
because I didn't want the ATF to think I was operating as an unlicensed
dealer.

David