Quoted: I don't know why they don't mention it on the website but it has to have a "term" as they told me aka an expiration date. Does a C&R have one?
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To give you an idea of what's it like, at first glance it looks just like a normal FFL license except it says "Collector of Curios and Relics" in bold across the center. To give you an idea of the information these are some of the important points on it:
Letterhead with ATF seal:
"Department of the Treasury
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
License (18 U.S.C. Chapter 44)"
Direct ATF Correspondance:
"Chief, National Licensing Center
ATF
2600 Century PKWY NE STE 110
Atlanta, GA 30345-3104"
License Number:
[unqiue to each license]
Expiration Dates:
November 1, 2008
Name:
[my FULL name]
Address:
[my address as on my drivers license]
Type of License:
"Collector of Curios and Relics" [the bold part mentioned earlier]
Chief, National Licensing Center:
signature
Purchasing Certification:
[place to sign the copied license]
Licensee Mail Address:
[Both my FULL name and address as on my drivers license]
As you can see, it meets all of the requirments on the DOJ's webpage, but the guy who I have talked to before and knows what he is talking about when it comes to guns told me they weren't allowed. I wasn't sure if there was some exception for them like passports so I didn't argue and just used something else, but I have yet to see anything to say I can't use my C&R in all the time I have been looking since then. I was getting ready to purchase another handgun and I just wanted to know why I coulnd't use my C&R to do it.
Maybe I will just write the DOJ and take their response in with me. If anyone has a photocopy of a letter it would save me time, or if they knew why I can't use it please let me know.