Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auctioneers, firearms, stabilizing braces
An additional question — beginning in 2023 — for auctioneers selling firearms is: Does the “stabilizing brace” make it salable under the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 24, 20233 min read
Auctioneers, 501(c)(3)’s, Firearms
The selling of firearms by auction is highly regulated. The federal government dictates there is [typically] only one scenario where the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 26, 20202 min read
Auctioneers, firearms and raffles
If the organization owns the gun being raffled, and all other laws are being followed in that particular state about raffles, that...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Marbury v. Madison and firearms
I would ask this question … if the Supreme Court can be the final arbiter of federal law in the United States, can cases such as United...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 9, 20202 min read
Dating a firearm … and is it important?
This can be challenging primarily because firearms in the United States were not required to have serial numbers until October 22, 1968. ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 26, 20193 min read
Auctioneers and Second Amendment sanctuary regulations
The resolutions oppose enforcement of universal gun background checks, high capacity magazine bans, assault weapon bans, red flag laws,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 16, 20193 min read
Firearm laws for auctioneers
Firearm laws for auctioneers might not be completely “black and white” but it’s very close. We’ve written about auctioneers selling...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 22, 20183 min read
Firearms: Guaranteed and not infringed?
Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Virginia’s legislature became the last to ratify...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 28, 20172 min read
Auctioneers “Engaging in the business” of selling firearms
Federal Firearms License. So what does it mean to be engaged in the business of selling firearms at auction? The Bureau of Alcohol,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20172 min read
Auction: Control and possession of firearms
We continue to analyze prudent behavior for auctioneers when selling firearms at auction. In this treatise, we address specifically an...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 18, 20173 min read
Firearms, serial numbers and auctioneers
Today’s subject involves serial numbers on those firearms and similar devices. In regard to firearms and serial numbers, we first...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 16, 20174 min read
Auctioneers with FFLs “acting as if” they aren’t? Indeed they can …
Our topic today references in particular 18 U.S.C. § 923 (a) ATF Rul. 96-2 which says that even auctioneers who are FFLs can sell...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 14, 20173 min read
The auction of firearms and qualified events
Let me begin with this: generally this type of thought process is not a bad thing — “Is there a better way to do this?” “Wonder if I can...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 9, 20163 min read
What is an “estate” in regard to firearms?
When can an auctioneer sell a firearm without a Federal Firearms License (FFL?) When does an auctioneer need an FFL? We’ve recently...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 27, 20164 min read
How does auctioneer-FFL licensing work?
Auctioneers encounter all types of licensing requirements almost no matter where they live in the United States. auctioneering the sale...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 11, 20164 min read
15 things about Auctioneers and guns
Of various topics discussed at such get-togethers, selling guns at auction is certainly explored. In concert with selling guns, the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 17, 20152 min read
Auctioneer with the help of an FFL …
“We’re not an FFL, but we’ll take them to our facility.” “We have a nearby FFL who will be at the auction to secure the firearms.” “He’ll...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 21, 20144 min read
The ATF Rul. 96-2 Confusion
In the United States, the Federal agency known as the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) within the United States...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 17, 20109 min read
A guide for auctioneers selling guns
Being careful is paramount. Only one case need be talked about to remind all auctioneers that selling guns at auction requires strict...
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