C&R storage question

[sparky2726]

I have searched for this, but no luck.

Does the collection have to be housed at the address on the C&R FFL?

Sparky

 

[Leatherneck]

Yes. And if you move, you've got to ask for a revised 03 FFL. I don't know that BATFE audits many C&R folks, but they have the right to do so.

TC

 

[Hkmp5sd]

No, the collection does not have to be kept at the licensed location.

§ 478.50 Locations covered by license.

The license covers the class of business or the activity specified in the license at the address specified therein. A separate license must be obtained for each location at which a firearms or ammunition business or activity requiring a license under this part is conducted except:

(a) No license is required to cover a separate warehouse used by the licensee solely for storage of firearms or ammunition if the records required by this part are maintained at the licensed premises served by such warehouse;

(b) A licensed collector may acquire curios and relics at any location, and dispose of curios or relics to any licensee or to other persons who are residents of the State where the collector's license is held and the disposition is made;

 

[Leatherneck]

OK, point taken. But the records have to be with the guns at said warehouse.
TC

 

[knuckles]

OK, point taken. But the records have to be with the guns at said warehouse.
TC

Actually, I take that the other way. The statement:

the records required by this part are maintained at the licensed premises served by such warehouse

tells me that the records must be at the licensed premises. So if your house is the premises on the license, then that is where your records should be regardless of whether the firearms are at the warehouse or not.

 

[Ed Ames]

The records (by my reading) must be at the licensed location served by the warehouse, not at the warehouse where the guns are kept.

The quote said the records must be "at the licensed premises served by such warehouse". If the licensed premises is your home, the warehouse serves as additional storage for your home, or said another way the home is served by the warehouse. The BATFE wants to know first where to find the records, because with the records they can either find the guns or find a recordkeeping error.

Edit: ...I agree with Knuckles...