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In addition to the displayed sign, federal law requires FFLs
to provide non-licensee customers with a written notification
containing the same four points as listed above as well as Sections
922(x) and 924(a)(6) of Title 18, Chapter 44 of the United States
Code. This written notification is available as a pamphlet published
by the ATF entitled “Youth Handgun Safety Act Notice” and is
sometimes referred to as ATF Information 5300.2. Alternatively,
this written notification may be delivered to customers on another
type of written notification, such as a manufacturer’s brochure
accompanying the handgun or a sales receipt or invoice applied
to the handgun package. Any written notification delivered to a
customer other than the one provided by the ATF must include
the language described here, and must be “legible, clear, and
conspicuous, and the required language shall appear in type size no
smaller than 10-point type.” See 27 CFR § 478.103(c).
II. FEDERAL LAW DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR PURCHASING AND
POSSESSING FIREARMS
Federal law lists categories of persons disqualified from legally
purchasing and possessing a firearm. This list comprises
disqualifications that come from several different pieces of federal
legislation, including the Gun Control Act of 1968, the Brady
Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and the Violence Against
Women Act. If a person buys or attempts to buy a firearm from an
FFL, they must not be disqualified under any of the laws. Before an
FFL may sell or otherwise transfer a firearm, the purchaser must fill
out an ATF Form 4473. This form has questions concerning each
of the criteria that disqualify a person to purchase a firearm under
federal law. These disqualifications include:
1) if the person is not the actual purchaser of the firearm—also
known as a “straw man purchaser”;
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