How is a NICS/point of sale check not required on a personal sale but is on an FFL sale? I'm looking at my own permit here and see the section for individual sellers to fill out. I want to put something up in classifieds but am a bit wary of f2f sales as I always just assumed that private sellers went to an ffl to do transfers, and just paid for the NICS check and transfer fee. Not true?

How is a NICS/point of sale check not required on a personal sale but is on an FFL sale? I'm looking at my own permit here and see the section for individual sellers to fill out. I want to put something up in classifieds but am a bit wary of f2f sales as I always just assumed that private sellers went to an ffl to do transfers, and just paid for the NICS check and transfer fee. Not true?

NICS is a federal requirement when a firearm is purchased or transferred through an FFL Face to face transfers are not regulated, other than the standard NJ Purchase permit in the case of a handgun, and the Certificate of Eligibility in the case of a long gun.

You can run your sale through an FFL if you want to but most buyers don't want to pay the added expense of NICS and transfer. FTF can only be done with NJ residents (if you are an NJ resident), PPP must be filled out for HG sales and COE for LG sales and it's up to you as the seller to make sure the buyer has all the proper documents (FID, PPP, DL that matches other documents).

translation

 

FTF = Face to Face

 

PPP = Pistol Purchase Permit

 

HG = Handgun

 

COE = Certificate of Eligibility (downloadable form from NJ State Police website)

 

LG = Long Gun

 

FID = Firearms Purchaser Identification Card

 

DL = Driver's License

How do I make a lower receiver sale to someone?

How do I make a lower receiver sale to someone?

 

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-16-nj-gun-law-summary/

How is a NICS/point of sale check not required on a personal sale but is on an FFL sale? I'm looking at my own permit here and see the section for individual sellers to fill out. I want to put something up in classifieds but am a bit wary of f2f sales as I always just assumed that private sellers went to an ffl to do transfers, and just paid for the NICS check and transfer fee. Not true?

 

If you are selling a handgun, there is a reason why there are 4 forms. One for you, one for buyer, one for local PD, one for state police. State police is the one that runs the background check, (supposed to).

 

Let's not treat handguns and firearms as a grenade. A butter knife can cause as much harm and kill as many people, less humanely too you can argue. Fortunately we are not Britain and not regulating butter knives to adults.

 

Somehow life went on, and little kids were not killed in states where people bought firearms face to face without permits and other checks.

 

(yes, my views have been changing over the past year or two, in proportion to the number of rounds I am sending down range. There is nothing to fear but fear itself, there is no reason to fear firearms any more than butter knives. )