Question on change of address and buying firearms

[mbl]

I recently moved (same city, county, etc). Sent in all the required change of address forms to the state, but CO does not send a new license, they just tell you to write the new address on the back of your license.

My question is, am i going to have problems buying a new firearm if my license has my hand written address on it? If I fill out the 4473 with my current address, and my license has my old address on it with handwritten new address on the back, is that going to cause someone to prevent the purchase?

I am looking at a couple of new purchases, and I would hate to have it complicated by this trivial issue.

Any thoughts or comments from any FFL's here?

[Geology Rocks]

Yes. I just ran into this twice. You need an official state document stating your new address. I would go down to the local hunting license place and buy a habitat stamp for $5 and it will show new address printed on it. take that and use that. its what I did and it worked every time.

i got married in April and bought a new gun in June which is when I ran into this. The next time I brought my hunting license with new address and bought 2 guns without any questions.



joe

[xjtwo]

Really?

I haven't had any problems with my address written on the back of my DL and I've purchased more than a handful of firearms, I even have a couple of CL3's get approved.

YMMV.....

[PanamaDave]

No need for any additional documentation... The official DMV procedure for updating address is as you described so you are good to go.

I went to an ATF seminar a few yrs. back and the same question was asked, the agent confirmed that writing new address on the back was sufficient proof for current address. (as long as you have filled out and mailed in the change of address form to DMV)

[JohnTRourke]

No need for any additional documentation... The official DMV procedure for updating address is as you described so you are good to go.

I went to an ATF seminar a few yrs. back and the same question was asked, the agent confirmed that writing new address on the back was sufficient proof for current address.


I believe you
but that is so bizarre

I mean really bizarre.

[Richard K]

I ran into this at Gander Mtn. (it was the only place in town that had the rifle I wanted). They refused to sell me the rifle with the change of address on the back of my DL. I had to go to the service desk and get a Habitat Stamp. At the gun counter they deducted the $5 cost and knocked an additional 10% off the rifle. I've purchased numerous guns at other dealers with the same change of address without issues. Last time I buy at GM.

[OneGuy67]

I've run into this issue a couple of times and the retailer asked for my vehicle registration or a utility bill to show my current address.

[DeusExMachina]

Sportsmen's Warehouse wouldn't sell to me as I had just moved and had written my new address on the back of my license.

He told me to do just as Joe suggested, buy a Wildlife Stamp ($5) at the front of the store and put my new address on it.

[TFOGGER]

What's odd is that they accept the handwritten address change when you apply for a CCW, but the clerk at Gander Mountain won't accept it? Huh?

[Zundfolge]

What's odd is that they accept the handwritten address change when you apply for a CCW, but the clerk at Gander Mountain won't accept it? Huh?


My FFL told me its because the ATF recently changed the rules and requires a state issued ID with your current address on it.

I have moved 3 times since I moved to Colorado so the address on my license is very old ... thankfully the address written on the back comes off every once in a while from friction in my wallet so I've just rewritten the new addresses each time.

My FFL took my CHL as a legitimate second ID.

[2ndAmendment]

All depends on which A$$hole you run into

[claimbuster]

Moved almost nine years ago. New address is hand written on back of DL as DMV suggested. In that time I have purchased and/or transferred no less than 20-25 firearms from three different dealers w/o any problems what-so-ever.

[Byte Stryke]

All depends on which A$$hole you run into

The truth rings louder than thunder

[patrick0685]

ya, iv had different experiences with the address on the back, but even gander let me get a gun with the address on back, i cant remember them making me get anything else to prove my address

[ChadAmberg]

It's been several years since my last move, but I went and got in line at DMV and just asked for a new license, with the updated address. They willingly took my $$ and gave me one, and it's surely saved me a ton of hassle.
My wife though didn't, she simply stuck one of those address labels you get from charities in the mail on the back, and her handgun purchases went through fine: just made sure that the address that DMV has on record is exactly the same as whats written on the back.

[Bowtie]

Its all about the address matching the dmv when they run it through CBI. I think legally in Colorado all you have to do is write your address on the back of the license. FFL need to verify address and your license is it. Its a store policy if they do not accept it.

[DeusExMachina]

Gander's a joke. My license was issued a month prior to when I was trying to make a purchase, so they wanted to see 3 months of bills. I told them to fuck off.