Resources for Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs)

NICS E-Check Watch Video		NICS Process Watch Video

Contact the NICS FFL Liaison Specialist

NICS Resolution Cards for Your Denied/Delayed Customers

• NICS Resolution Card
• Order Your NICS Resolution Cards
  

Receive NICS Messages

• Add an E-mail Address
• Request the E-Mail Address on File Be Replaced with a New E-mail Address
• Remove Your E-mail Address

Keep Your NICS Contact Information Up-to-Date to Help the NICS Section Better Serve You

• Add/Remove Your FFL Contact Information (Telephone, Hours, E-Mail, and Fax)

FFL Manual | Printable PDF Version

• Section 1 – Introduction
• Section 2 – Participating in the NICS Program
• Section 3 – Requesting a Background Check from a Place of Business
• Section 4 – Requesting a NICS Check from a Gun Show
• Section 5 – Receiving, Recording, and Communicating NICS Responses
• Section 6 – Handling Denied Responses
• Section 7 – Following Security Guidelines

Enrollment Information

• Letter to FFLs (pdf)
• Enrollment Form (pdf)
  
• Acknowledgement Form and Directions (pdf)

E-Check 2.0—New and Improved

• E-Check Enrollment Form, January 2014 (pdf)
• E-Check Benefits and Features (pdf)
• E-Check Website

Appeals/Voluntary Appeal File Process

• Appeal/Voluntary Appeal File Process
• Overturn Appeal Certificate Example (pdf)
• Voluntary Appeal File Process Video

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Information

• ATF Website 
• Firearm Permit Information 
• Federal Firearms Regulation Reference Guide Index (pdf) 
• Open Letters to FFL: State of Residence (pdf) | Firearms Non-Immigrant Alien Provisions (pdf)
  
• State Laws and Published Ordinances
  

NICS Information

• FFL Quick Reference Information, March 2015
  
• A NICS Delay
• Brady Law (P.L. 103-159, Title I; 107 Stat. 1536)
• Federal Register, July 23, 2004, Amendments on NICS (pdf)
• Lautenberg Amendment (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9))
• NICS Information Sheet
• NICS Flow Chart Graphic
  
• NICS Participation Map
• NICS Regulations (pdf)
• Prohibited Categories (18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1)-(9) and (n))
• 1968 Gun Control Act, as Amended by Brady Law (18 U.S.C. Chapter 44)
• Words for Letter Verification Used by NICS
• Delayed Responses Do Not Mean Denied
  

Non U.S. Citizens Purchasing Firearms

• Guide to Selected U.S. Travel and Identity Documents
• Tip Sheet for Non U.S. Citizens Purchasing a Firearm
• Quick Reference Sheet for Non U.S. Citizens Purchasing a Firearm

General FBI Information

•  How to Obtain and Challenge Your FBI Identification Record