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Feedback Open Substitutes to purchase a handgun with without a real ID and Passport

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D man

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Hello, im trying to purchase a firearm, but I can't get a real ID or a new passport until December. I only have my drivers license that say"federal limits apply" and my FSC card, I also have a fishing license. Is there anything else I would need before I purchase a firearm?
I would like to discuss most of all options incase anyone else has this dilemma
 
Just keep in mind that whatever document / documents you are using as a 2nd proof of residency have to be valid on pickup of said firearm. Of course make sure everything is matching IE: DL, Birth cert, fishing license is all showing the same info. Blaze is correct on all fronts either way. 🤙
 
Car registration showing a matching address also works well as 2nd proof of residency.
 
A word of caution on the "birth certificate" - it MUST be a certified copy, NOT whatever the hospital spits out. You'll have to go to the county where the BC is recorded, provide your "fed limits apply" DL, and pay for an "official" BC...
 
If you're a naturalized citizen, your naturalization certificate works too. I had to use that when my passport expired and I didn't renew it on time.
 
Because I had a PO Box on my license, I used a vehicle registration.

So I would take my license, passport, FSC card, and a valid vehicle registration. That became a PITA so I just went ahead and got the Real ID.
 
My real ID was issued the same day with the required documents, so was the replacement when I though I lost it, with a new expiration date. PAX
 
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