FFL holder here. That is mistaken. If a supplemental document is used for the address, it also must be government-issued.

Agree. There are lots of ways a purchaser can verify residence address—driver’s license is one of course but utility bill, checkbook, vehicle registration, etc can be used as well. The purchaser enters his address on the 4473 and the seller just needs to have something verifying that. The question should be what address did Hunter put on the form and what did he show the seller for verification. He may have committed two more felonies for all we know. I’m afraid that dealer is going to get a colonoscopy from the BATF now. Hope their books are in order.

Joe Biden is as good a president as he is a father.

And the purchaser can show anything else for proof of address if shown a passport. Such as a bank statement, lease, or utility bill along with the passport.

The address is written on the form by the buyer – Here is the current form – https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download

The store is supposed to verify the customer is a legal citizen either by verifying Real ID, State ID that doesn’t issue to non-citizens, or a Passport. So most likely Hunter lied on the address portion as well

Depends is what Joe wears and frequent changes are made.

so, you do know that you write your own address in to your passport. Normally in pencil, since it may change during the 10 years the passport is valid. If Hunter wrote down an address in his passport that was the same as what he gave to the FFL on the 4473, then he lied yet again. Beyond checking his passport, what he put on the 4473, and running his NICS, what was the FFL supposed to do and how did they break the law?

“if the statements in this article are true”

Then there is the **possibility** that the gun store broke the law. They very carefully do not include whether or not the gun store checked what they were required by law to check as far as his residency was concerned.

If his passport showed the correct state as his address (even if he had moved) and his paperwork showed the correct state (even though he was lying), and that matches what the gun store was required to check, they didn’t break the law.

Considering how the story was written, that is likely the case. Otherwise, they could (and likely would) have been more specific.

‘”OK, but if the statements in this article are true, the gun shop broke the law.”

If someone allows, or induces a person to commit a crime, it is only fair that the person tricked is not responsible for the crime committed. When it comes to criminal conduct, someone else is rightfully responsible, rather than the person actually committing the crime. “The Devil mad me do it” is a rational justification. No one is born a criminal; someone else is responsible for turning an innocent person into becoming a criminal. Personal responsibility is unfair, and burdensome; time to abolish it. Not to mention that targeting habitual criminals is racist, and puts upon the disadvantaged populace.