Frequently Asked Questions - FFL

YES!  A purchase through your local retailer benefits you in many ways. When you purchase locally, your monies help fund local community projects and services. Local business provides other local homes with income. Those employees spend $$$ at your local shops. PLUS, that local gun shop may have the friendliest faces you will find IF you have questions regarding your purchase, there is a need for warranty work, or you need someone to interface with the manufacturer in the warranty of your product.

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According to Federal Law, it is lawful for a citizen to pass ownership to another lawful citizen without any record, notice, filing, etc., as long as the firearm has no known history of unlawful use, and the recipient is not designated "unauthorized" by State Law. (ATF Publication 5300.4, page 179, Q-B16).

NOTE!!! South Carolina Law SECTIONS 16-23-30 list parameters for "UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS" in South Carolina.

State and Federal law limit FFL agents to verify citizenship within their state of operation.  Therefore, you will use a local transfer agent, at least within your state of residence.  The requirement for obtaining long guns vary from state to state.

In accordance with the ATF, when firearm ownership is transferring a State boundary, a "transfer" is required by law through an FFL.

Any firearms in our possession for transfer for longer than 10 days without prior arrangement will be charged a storage fee of $2 per day until picked up.  Firearms in our possession longer than 90 days will be considered "abandoned and forfeited" and will become the property of Bullseye Enterprises, LLC.  Absolutely no refunds on firearms sold due to failure to pick-up.

Tranferring is not registering.  In most cases, there are no federal laws requiring registration of a firearm. The exception to this rule is NFA weapons. NFA weapons include machine guns, certain parts of machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers, and destructive devices such as grenades or mortars. An additional category called "Any Other Weapon" is also included. This is a generic term used to describe a concealable weapon that can shoot, but doesn't quite fit into any other category. An example of an "any other weapon" would be a cane gun or pen gun.

• Buyer secures item via deposit, purchase agreement, etc.
• Buyer forwards seller's contact info and item detail to their preferred FFL agent.
• The buyer's FFL agent remits FFL and shipping information to seller.
• Seller verifies FFL info via National Crime Information Center (NCIC) or web check and ships to buyers FFL.  
• The seller's FFL should forward tracking information to the buyers FFL.
• FFL receives item and logs according to ATF regulations.
• Buyer provides information for, or completes ATF form 4473 for transfer approval.
• FFL submits identification info for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Transaction Number (NTN). Transaction is considered completed upon satisfactory background check (received instantly).
• FFL maintains transaction record and logs per ATF requirements. In South Carolina, no NTN required for Concealed Weapons Permit holders. 

By law, you must have firearms shipped through someone with a Federal Firearms License (FFL).  There is no other legal means of having a firearm shipped to you and is required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

A transfer agent is simply a business entity or individual that has successfully completed the application/vetting process to become approved/licensed by ATF. An FFL agent must be licensed according to the requirement for each item transferred. Each provider may set their price as their market dictates.