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Multiple Sale Reports & ATF Demand Letters
Form 3310.4 within five business days. Form 3310.12 in the Southwest border states. The short reporting obligations a single missed filing turns into a finding.
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What you’ll learn
Skills you can apply the same day.
- Apply 18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(3)(A) to identify a reportable multiple handgun sale within the five-business-day window.
- Complete ATF Form 3310.4 from the 4473 and bound book disposition without mismatches.
- Send Form 3310.4 to both required recipients: local ATF field office and the chief law enforcement officer of the place of sale.
- Identify the Southwest border demand-letter trigger and submit ATF Form 3310.12 for covered rifle sales in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
- Count business days correctly across federal holidays and weekends.
- Tie multiple-sale reports back to the bound book and 4473s for inspection reconciliation.
- Recognize state multiple-sale overlays that exceed the federal reporting floor.
Course outline
What’s inside.
Module 1
The Multiple-Handgun-Sale Report (Form 3310.4)
- Statutory trigger under 18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(3)(A)
- Two or more handguns to the same non-licensee within five consecutive business days
- Pistols and revolvers and the classification of frames and receivers
- Procedure under 27 CFR § 478.126a
- Five-business-day reporting clock from the second sale
- Two recipients: local ATF field office and chief LEO of place of sale
- Retention of a copy in licensee records
Module 2
Form 3310.4 Walk-Through
- Section-by-section completion
- Transferee data from Section A of the 4473
- Firearm data from the bound book disposition
- Aggregation arithmetic across multi-day windows
- Common errors: mismatched serials, omitted second firearm, wrong field office destination
Module 3
The Southwest Border Rifle Demand Letter (Form 3310.12)
- Demand-letter authority under 27 CFR § 478.126
- Coverage: Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas
- Covered rifles: semiautomatic, .22 caliber or larger, with detachable magazine
- Two or more sales to the same non-licensee within five consecutive business days
- NSSF v. Jones, 716 F.3d 200 (D.C. Cir. 2013), and the program’s standing
- Submission channel and retention
Module 4
Inspection Tie-Out and Common Errors
- How an IOI reconciles 3310.4 and 3310.12 filings against the bound book and 4473s
- Missing reports on clear multiple sales as a willful-pattern signal
- Calendar arithmetic mistakes (business days vs. calendar days) as a frequent finding
- Self-audit: weekly review of repeat non-licensee transferees across the 4473 stack
- State multiple-sale overlays (California, New York, others) that layer on top of the federal report
Who this is for
Built for the people behind the counter.
- Counter staff who run 4473 transactions and need to recognize a multiple sale at the moment it happens.
- Compliance leads building written procedures for reportable transactions.
- Shipping and receiving clerks at FFLs in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
- Owner-operators reconciling their reporting record before a scheduled IOI visit.
- Multi-store licensees aggregating sales across locations under the same FFL.
Prerequisites
- Working familiarity with ATF Form 4473 and the bound book disposition entry.
Key takeaways
Walk away with real working knowledge.
- 01
Form 3310.4 covers two or more handguns to the same non-licensee within five consecutive business days, by the same licensee.
- 02
The report goes to both the local ATF field office and the chief LEO of the place of sale.
- 03
Form 3310.12 covers certain rifles in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas under ATF’s demand-letter authority.
- 04
Business-day arithmetic excludes weekends and federal holidays; getting it wrong is a common citation.
- 05
Tie every multiple-sale report to the bound book and 4473 by serial number before filing.
Regulatory references
What the course covers, by the book.
- 18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(3)(A)
- 27 CFR § 478.126
- 27 CFR § 478.126a
- ATF Form 3310.4
- ATF Form 3310.12
- NSSF v. Jones, 716 F.3d 200 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
Frequently asked questions
Common questions.
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Multiple Sale Reports & ATF Demand Letters is in production. Drop your email and we will let you know the day it launches. Holders of Compliance Certified and DealerReady Certified get this course included at no additional cost.