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**Frank Ettin** · September 21, 2012, 06:39 PM

A number of States actually register the gun (usually only if it's a handgun) to the buyer. Otherwise, there is no actual registration on a national level.

However, if you buy a gun from an FFL, you will fill out a form 4473. That form includes information on the identity of the buyer and on the gun, including type, make, model and serial number. The FFL is required to maintain that form on file, and make it available to the ATF upon request.

September 21, 2012, 06:39 PM	#2
Frank Ettin Staff Join Date: November 23, 2005 Location: California - San Francisco Posts: 9,471	A number of States actually register the gun (usually only if it's a handgun) to the buyer. Otherwise, there is no actual registration on a national level. However, if you buy a gun from an FFL, you will fill out a form 4473. That form includes information on the identity of the buyer and on the gun, including type, make, model and serial number. The FFL is required to maintain that form on file, and make it available to the ATF upon request. __________________ "It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully." -- Jeff Cooper