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is it good to keep copies of the dros paperwork or PPT reciepts etc for your records? I currently have all mine... just seeing if it was necessary or what everyone else does?
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I've tried to keep all of mine, but I hid some of them so good from the wife, even I don't know where they all are anymore.sigpicLord, make my hand fast and accurate.
Let my aim be true and my hand faster
than those who would seek to destroy me.
Grant me victory over my foes and those who wish to do harm to me and mine.
Let not my last thought be 'If I only had my gun."
And Lord, if today is truly the day you call me home, let me die in an empty pile of brass.
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I don't keep anything. There's no point.
If it's a DROS receipt for a handgun, then that information is already in AFS.
If it's a DROS receipt for a long gun, there is no point because there is no firearm information on there, and that information itself is destroyed by the DoJ after 15 days.
There is absolutely ZERO legal requirement to need to prove any kind of ownership whatsoever.
What I do keep is a small spreadsheet with the information of all my guns. Make/Model/SN#/caliber/Color/finish/etc. I keep that only for personal use or in case of loss/theft.Please read the Calguns Wiki
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
--Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishment"Comment
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Yes. I actually have several copies for my pistols when CCWing in other states.Comment
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Are FFL's required to give you a copy of the DROS?Comment
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Not at all.
If it's a long gun DROS, that information is destroyed by the DoJ after 15 days from being submitted. So there's no point in keeping it or giving it to a customer.
If it's a handgun DROS, then the handgun information gets submitted automatically into AFS. So there's no point in keeping it or giving it to a customer.Please read the Calguns Wiki
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
--Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishment"Comment
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I was trying to, just to keep as a proof of purchase so I would have something after the boat accident, but I doubt I have all of them
-bbsigpicNRA Life Endowment Member - CRPA Member
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Papers? Nein! I need no papers! I've got them stashed somewhere but I don't put much thought into it.SECRET//NOFORN
"Sometimes it's easier to do it the hard way."
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I have never given customers a copy of the DROS. Mainly because no one has ever asked for a copy.
It would be a waste of ink and I would hate to do it.sigpic
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To the OP and others who are in the "keep paperwork" camp, what exactly do you think you're accomplishing by keeping copies of this paperwork?Please read the Calguns Wiki
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
--Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishment"Comment
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"I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be damn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble."~ John Wayne ~When they come a wull staun ma groon...
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid...
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Honestly, I don't know
I'm still new to the scene... so I've just held on to them so far. and for my AR, when I did the PPT I was told it was a good idea to keep the paperwork with me when I took it out to shoot
is there something wrong with keeping it? like just too much info to be found?Comment
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