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<blockquote data-quote="rawhide" data-source="post: 1459581" data-attributes="member: 3448">So if the NICS is not a registration, and I understand that it is not, then how are serial number traces conducted in OK?A FFL related this story to me when I was inquiring about using him for an interstate transaction.&nbsp; A LEO from CA, visiting his parents here, purchased a .22 rifle for his kids to shoot while visiting their grandparents.&nbsp; The Dealer said that ATF showed up wanting to know where the rifle is and when told it is at the grandparents, they wanted to see it.&nbsp; All parties involved abliged.&nbsp; The gun dealer said he was called on the carpet by ATF.How did ATF know who bought the rifle if the sale was cleared by the &quot;check?&quot;&nbsp; Did the CA resident break OK law?&nbsp; He could very likely have broken CA law, but if so, what authority does ATF have to enforce CA law here in OK?I also asked ATF some questions by telephone (unrelated to the above) and an ATF agent said to me:&nbsp; &quot;If you break state law you are breaking federal law.&quot;&nbsp; At that point I said thank you and hung up.&nbsp; I related this statement to an attorney with much experience in federal court.&nbsp; He laughed.Maybe it&#039;s just me but all of this seems NUTS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rawhide, post: 1459581, member: 3448"] So if the NICS is not a registration, and I understand that it is not, then how are serial number traces conducted in OK? A FFL related this story to me when I was inquiring about using him for an interstate transaction. A LEO from CA, visiting his parents here, purchased a .22 rifle for his kids to shoot while visiting their grandparents. The Dealer said that ATF showed up wanting to know where the rifle is and when told it is at the grandparents, they wanted to see it. All parties involved abliged. The gun dealer said he was called on the carpet by ATF. How did ATF know who bought the rifle if the sale was cleared by the "check?" Did the CA resident break OK law? He could very likely have broken CA law, but if so, what authority does ATF have to enforce CA law here in OK? I also asked ATF some questions by telephone (unrelated to the above) and an ATF agent said to me: "If you break state law you are breaking federal law." At that point I said thank you and hung up. I related this statement to an attorney with much experience in federal court. He laughed. Maybe it's just me but all of this seems NUTS. [/QUOTE]

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