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All Q&As by Category

Pawnbrokers

May a pawnbroker conduct a NICS background check prior to accepting a firearm for pawn?

Is a pawnbroker required to comply with the requirements to give written notification to handgun transferees and post signs regarding juveniles and handguns?

Are there categories of persons to whom a pawnbroker cannot return firearms?

Personal Collections-Licensees

May a licensee store personal firearms at the business premises?

May a licensee maintain a personal collection of firearms? How can they do so?

May a licensee create a personal collection to avoid the recordkeeping and NICS background check requirements of the GCA?

Does a licensee have to record firearms acquired prior to obtaining the license in their acquisition and disposition record?

Plastic Explosives

What plastic explosives are required to contain detection agents?

What is a plastic explosive?

What are the permissible detection agents for marking plastic explosives?

Is it lawful to manufacture, import, ship, transport, transfer, receive, or possess any plastic explosive that does not contain a detection agent?

If a person acquired plastic explosives not containing a detection agent before April 24, 1996, may he or she continue to lawfully possess the explosives?

Are police departments exempt from the prohibition against possessing unmarked plastic explosives after April 24, 1999?

Processing Q&As

Why do trust applications take longer to process than individual applications?

What is the 24-month exemption to providing the trust document?

What does NFA Division mean when it says there are application “swim lanes”?

What can I do to make sure my background check is processed timely and accurately?

My NFA application is submitted, but my background check has not been sent to FBI-NICS, why?

My background check is pending with FBI-NICS, is there anything I can do to speed up the review process?

My background check is currently in an “open” status with FBI-NICS, can NFA Division approve my NFA application?

My background check is currently in a “pending” status with FBI-NICS, can NFA Division approve my NFA application?

My background check is currently in a “delayed” status with FBI-NICS, can NFA Division approve my NFA application?

Is bundling available for trusts?

If I have more than one application pending, will NFA Division process the applications at the same time?

I use a simple trust template with only a single responsible person, will my application be processed as quickly as an individual?