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FFL= Federal firearms license. This is the license issued to people engaged in the business of buying/selling, repairing, modifying, or manufacturing firearms, ammunition, or controlled parts or devices. Every gun shop, gunsmith, commercial reloader, and manufacturer must be licensed in order to be in business in the firearms field. Manufacturers who make accessories, parts, devices other than class 3 (silencers/suppressors, automatic weapons) do not need an FFL even if they are making firearms parts, but many have them anyway.

C&R= Curios and relics license. This is a special class of Federal Firearms License (FFL). This license allows the holder to purchase firearms for a collection directly from FFL licensees without submitting to a background check for each purchase, provided the firearms meet the curio or relic criteria, and are included on the BATFE's curios and relics list.