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All Q&As by Category

Nonimmigrant Aliens

Do nonimmigrant aliens need to obtain a permit to temporarily import firearms into the United States for hunting or other lawful sporting purposes?

Do aliens that have an approved ATF Form 6 NIA need to provide Customs and Border Protection (CPB) with an ATF Form 6A?

Can an alien who enters the United States on a nonimmigrant alien visa rent a firearm for lawful hunting or sporting purposes while in the United States?

Can a nonimmigrant alien obtain a waiver from the prohibition on shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing a firearm or ammunition?

Are there any restrictions on the types of firearms that can be temporarily imported into the United States for hunting or for a shooting competition?

Other Systems (Import/Export Tools) and BATS

What is the difference between BATS and TRIPwire, LEO, or N-DEx?

My agency uses an existing Record Management System (RMS). Can I still participate?

I am a Records Management System (RMS) vendor and would like to link to BATS.

Pawnbrokers

What is the procedure for a pawnbroker to return a pawned firearm?

To whom may a pawnbroker return a pawned firearm?

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?

Possession of SBRs With an Attached “Stabilizing Brace” After Tax Forbearance Ends

What are the consequences if I choose not to register my firearm with a “stabilizing brace,” which is a short-barreled rifle (SBR), and keep it?

Prior to and after the expiration of the 120-day tax forbearance, can I continue to possess my short-barreled rifle (SBR) equipped with a “stabilizing brace” if I have timely submitted my application to register my firearm?