Federal Firearms Licensees
Resources for Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs)
| Watch a video overview of the NICS process in motion. Transcript | Download (324MB) | Flow Chart Graphic |
Contact the NICS FFL Liaison Specialist
NICS Resolution Cards for Your Denied/Delayed Customers
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
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
Appeals/Voluntary Appeal File Process
- Guide for Appealing a Denial
- NICS Resolution Card
- Overturn Appeal Certificate Example (pdf)
- Voluntary Appeal File
- 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)
- Information on Revised ATF F4473
- Open Letters to FFL: State of Residence (pdf) | Firearms Non-Immigrant Alien Provisions (pdf)
- State Laws and Published Ordinances (pdf)
NICS Information
- FFL Quick Reference Information, April 2012
- 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))
- States Where the FBI is Doing Some, All, or None of the NICS Checks
- 1968 Gun Control Act, as Amended by Brady Law (18 U.S.C. Chapter 44)
- Words for Letter Verification Used by NICS
General FBI Information
