well horse ****.
As posted by the OP, this change in policy "allows" private party background checks. It does not "require" them. Not yet, anyway.
No, a seller would have to go through an FFL to do the check. This will result in the transaction being recorded on a 4473, and in the FFL dealer's log book which would complete the de facto registry of all "legal" firearms.
Woody
I smell the faint whiff of scam odor in what the OP received. I wonder if he also gets e-mail from various Nigerian princes who need assistance from him claiming a valuable inheritance???
Hobbes,
Bigfug's question asked if a seller could do a NICS check without an FFL involved. The answer is "no." If a private seller wishes to do a background check on whomever he is selling his gun to, he will have to go through an FFL. Unless federal law is passed requiring UBCs, a background check is not required for a private sale where state law does not require it. After September 16, 2015, the FBI-NICS will allow background checks for private sales in states where it is not required by state law, but the checks would still have to be done through an FFL.
Does that help your understanding?
Woody
Bigfug's question asked if a seller could do a NICS check without an FFL involved. The answer is "no." If a private seller wishes to do a background check on whomever he is selling his gun to, he will have to go through an FFL. Unless federal law is passed requiring UBCs, a background check is not required for a private sale where state law does not require it. After September 16, 2015, the FBI-NICS will allow background checks for private sales in states where it is not required by state law, but the checks would still have to be done through an FFL.
Does that help your understanding?
Woody
Yes, thank you. That clears that up.
Now, how is that different than today or yesterday?
Right now you cannot use the NICS system for a private sale in a state that does not require it.
Woody
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