Posted: 3/31/2006 9:09:15 PM EDT
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I found this over on MGOC If you got your CPL after 11-22-05 you wont need to have a NICS check when buying Long guns or Handguns. Letter |
I'd like to see your letter. The one I received in the mail from BATFE does not specificly mention long guns or hand guns other than in the section titled "Background", which explains the non-eligibility of the CPL in liew of a NICS check. |
did you read the back of the letter?, if the CPL was issued after 11/22/05 you no loner need to run a NICS backround check on pistol purchase, call your local ATF office on Monday and they`ll set you straight |
yes you did miss it, CPL (conceled pistol license) and it also says quote, all Michigan Permitts to Purchase a Handgun and CPL`s issued on or after November 22, 2005, now both qualify as a NICS alternatives end quote, the letter refers to "CPL" "purchase permitts" and "Handguns" I dont know how more specific you can get, says nothing about longuns |
I just got off the phone with Inspector Jakabowski from the Flint office of the BATFE who informed me that the Michigan CPL exception covers the purchase of long guns as well as handguns. Your reading of that letter is incorrect. I suggest you phone the BATFE office in your area for confirmation. |
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I have read the letter in question. I think it may be the letter was not written properly.... Anyway, doesnt matter... No point in bickering like little girls over something so trivial. Glad this got cleared up... Now as I said, seems like I am going to need to figure out a way to get a new CPL and save the dealers I work with the headache of calling in all my info. |
Special agent Jakabowski and I are bud`s, just got off the phone with him also, while it is true your CPL dated from 11/22/06 exempts you from the NICS backround on rifles or pistols, the letter was not written correctly by admission of the ATF agents, and I think you`ll see another letter forthcomming, but now there is a new set of problems for the FFL dealer, how and when will you be notfied if the CPL lic is revoked? and if you still call NICS because you feel uncomfortable transfering a long gun with a CPL, lets face it there are times, when your doing a transfer that the dude just doesnt seem right, (like JYogi  )you can be charged with abuse of the system which has penalties and fines involved, so I can see a whole new set of problems comming from this |
I was assured by another BATFE agent that we would not be misusing the system if we chose to run a NICS in liew of accepting the appropriately dated CPL because the acceptance of the CPL is an exception and not mandatory. I will be submitting this concern in writing so that I get a written response for my files. I brought that concern, along with a few others that I will not elaborate here, to Agent Jakabowski's attention this morning and apparently nobody there had thought some of the ramifications out. It would be nice if they asked some of us about certain aspects of this type of change before they dove rightt in. |
from my experience from dealing with the ATF, I find that if yoiu ask 3 agents a question you`ll get 3 different answers, for myself I have a letter going out tomorrow in regards to me calling NICS if I feel its necessary and not being fined for it, and you are so right "It would be nice if they asked some of us about certain aspects of this type of change before they dove rightt in" |
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Pardon me for jumping in here, but I recently purchased a handgun and listened to the whole conversation between the dealer and NICS. I don't think that the firearm was mentioned. Point being that a NICS check has nothing to do with long gun or handgun. And it's cool that our legislature is doing some positive stuff for us. |
| Slightly of topic but haven’t had any luck getting answers about the CPL testing. I would like to get my CPL soon but I don't like going to a class with no preparation. What can I do to prepare for the CPL class what kind of range is the testing shot at? Anything you could add that would help to prepare for the class would be grate. |
Its not a Chemistry TEST! You just go and learn about the laws' where you can and cant carry...Talk about if you should tell the police if your carrying or wait for them to ask. Possibly watch a movie, take a test (Open Book where I took my class) and went to the range and shot strong hand, off hand, Shoot at head, chest....Reload, BLAH BLAH BLAH! |
There is another option you could excersise that would eliminate the possibility of getting delayed. You could apply for a "unique personal identificaion number (UPIN)" thru the NICS operations center. It's a relatively new option set up for people that always get delayed. Contact NICS customer service (or have your dealer do it for you) for details on the process. |