May a dealer sell firearms to law enforcement agencies and individual officers in another State?
Yes. Sales and deliveries of firearms to out-of-state police and sheriff departments are not prohibited by the GCA. A dealer may also sell or ship firearms, other than NFA firearms, to an individual law enforcement officer, regardless of age, if the dealer has a signed statement of the officer’s agency, stating that the items are to be used in the buyer’s official duties and that the officer has not been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. ATF Form 4473 need not be executed, and the Brady Law is not applicable; however, the bound book must be properly posted, and the signed statement included in the dealer’s records. (For information on sales of semiautomatic assault weapons to individual law enforcement officers, (see Question O11.) For further information on sales of firearms to law enforcement officers, see Item 4, “Sales of Firearms to Law Enforcement Officers”, under Items of Interest.
Yes. Sales and deliveries of firearms to out-of-state police and sheriff departments are not prohibited by the GCA. A dealer may also sell or ship firearms, other than NFA firearms, to an individual law enforcement officer, regardless of age, if the dealer has a signed statement of the officer’s agency, stating that the items are to be used in the buyer’s official duties and that the officer has not been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. ATF Form 4473 need not be executed, and the Brady Law is not applicable; however, the bound book must be properly posted, and the signed statement included in the dealer’s records. (For information on sales of semiautomatic assault weapons to individual law enforcement officers, (see Question O11.) For further information on sales of firearms to law enforcement officers, see Item 4, “Sales of Firearms to Law Enforcement Officers”, under Items of Interest.
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