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Straw Purchases: Tactics to Help Avoid Them and What to Do if You Think You Made One
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Description
Straw purchases are doubly dangerous for FFLs. First, it’s not your father’s ATF anymore. They are becoming increasingly strict with enforcement actions and will revoke your license for making obvious straw purchases. Secondly, straw-purchased firearms are often used in crimes which traces back to the FFL that sold them. Therefore, FFLs and their entire sales staff must understand what straw purchases are and have best practice policies in place for screening potential buyers to help recognize and prevent these purchases from happening. Equally important is to know what steps to take if you determine that you made a straw sale.
In this webinar, retired ATF officials Wally Nelson and Judy LeDoux cover the above topics, along with common straw purchase scenarios and straw purchase prevention training.
Contributors
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Wally Nelson
Wally is a retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director with 30+ years of ATF experience. As DAD, he directed all regulatory firearms programs including: The development and monitoring of firearms inspection programs, licensing, NFA, imports, tracing and regulations, as well as the firearms technology branch. He retired from ATF in October 2005. For the last 6 years, Wally has brought his expertise in firearms laws and regulations to firearms industry members as a private consultant. As a consultant he has conducted FFL site visits to review required records and sample firearms inventories. He has also, provided employee training, helped to develop compliance plans and assisted FFLs of all types and sizes with ATF compliance and licensing issues.
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Judyth LeDoux
NSSF, the trade association for the firearm industry, offers federally licensed firearms retailers (FFLs) the opportunity to work with experienced advisors who, as former ATF officials and industry compliance experts, understand what it takes to stay compliant with ATF rules and regulations. Meet the Compliance Consultant Team.