Originally Posted by
Nomercy448
Kinda sad to see a former FFL licensee claiming anything about firearms "registration." The 4473 is NOT a registration document, only a record of transfer, and in most states, there is no registration whatsoever, so a lot of the above is misguided.
What you're really facing is a shop who 1) doesn't understand the forms of legal identification he's required to accept, and 2) doesn't understand the laws around record keeping. I can appreciate simple mistakes - aka being unaware it's illegal to copy military ID's, heck, I've made the same mistake in the past when making a firearms sale. Once I became aware, I rectified my records, live and learn. But the fact he's not accepting legal forms of identification, and breaking federal law, well... He does have some learning to do...
Things change, they change from base to base and from one command to the other, but seeing as he is military, normally they require the firearm (of any type) be registered with them before pickup. You used to get a registration card at the base, much like a drivers licences. Used to be you'd get a form from your command and along with your receipt, you'd be issued a registration card then go pick up your firearm. But like I said things change, but usually change for the worse.
I never handed my ID card to anybody non military, even the Cops, I always had two fingers holding on hard. They could read it, but couldn't take it.
