Good Buddy Pawn LLC
Warning letterThis gun pawnbroker was cited for 8 violations. The inspection resulted in a warning letter.
A warning letter is the least severe action the ATF can take against a licensee with compliance issues. The letter advises the licensee to comply with regulations.
ATF data indicates that this license is no longer active.
Address
1202 Helena Ave.
Helena, MT 59601
Lewis And Clark County
License
Number | 9-81-049-02-7F-01477 |
Type | Pawnbroker in firearms |
Expiry | License inactive |
Inspection Timeline
Compliance inspections are conducted by one or more ATF officers. After the lead investigator submits a recommendation, one or more ATF supervisors will review the inspection and either concur with or adjust the recommendation.
This page contains information about a single inspection conducted between 2015 and 2017. The ATF may have inspected this licensee before and/or after the inspection detailed here.
Officers spent a total of 30 hours conducting this inspection. 50 days passed between the assignment and the final review. The licensee received a final outcome of warning letter.
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Please conduct an on-site compliance inspection; Type 02.
On March 22, 2016, Industry Operations Investigator redacted went to 1202 Helena Ave., Helena, MT 59601, to conduct an unannounced DE Compliance Inspection of a Federal Firearms License Type 02 Pawnbroker of Firearms belonging to Good Buddy Pawn LLC. The period of inspection covered March 1, 2015 to March 22, 2016. ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION : Per ATF O 5370.1B dated 02/08/2013; The Licensee’s Violations of 27 CFR 478.125(e) and 27 CFR 478.124(c)(3)(i) warrant a Warning Conference. This was the licensee's first compliance inspection since obtaining an FFL . Mr. Scott Thiel, who was the only RP at the Qualification Inspection and running daily operations of the business has deceased in May 2015. Mr. Thiel had not provided any guidance of the FFL requirements to his wife and son who presently operate the business prior to his passing. Further, Mrs. Thiel requested assistance from ATF after her husband’s death to which ATF failed to respond and assist to. Thus an alternate recommendation of a Warning Letter ONLY and a Recall Inspection is being made. Remove Mr. Scott Thiel from Responsible Person list. Investigator redacted queried the Responsible Person in NForce and OpenFox databases on March 21, 2016, which did not disclose or indicate a prohibited individual status or a security risk.
Concur. ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION : Per ATF O 5370.1B dated 02/08/2013; The Licensee's Violations of 27 CFR 478.125(e) and 27 CFR 478.124(c)(3)(i) warrant a Warning Conference. This was the licensee's first compliance inspection since obtaining an FFL . Mr. Scott Thiel, who was the only RP at the Qualification Inspection and running daily operations of the business has deceased in May 2015. Mr. Thiel had not provided any guidance of the FFL requirements to his wife and son who presently operate the business prior to his passing. Further, Mrs. Thiel requested assistance from ATF after her husband’s death to which ATF failed to respond and assist to. Thus an alternate recommendation of a Warning Letter ONLY and a Recall Inspection is being made. Remove Mr. Scott Thiel from Responsible Person list Warning Letter sent: April 15, 2016
Issuing a warning letter in lieu of holding a warning conference as an alternate recommendation is authorized. A recall inspection will be conducted. This is the licensee's first compliance inspection since the license was issued in 2011. Eight violations were cited. The licensee failed to record the disposition of redacted firearms, failed to properly record the disposition of redacted firearms and redacted firearms were missing after reconciliation. This equals a 21.8% error rate rising to a warning conference level based on the 220 dispositions for the inspection period. In addition, the licensee failed to record any identification in redacted instances on the ATF Forms 4473 equaling 5.6% which also rises to a warning conference level based on the 195 ATF Forms 4473 on file for the inspection period. Further, the licensee failed to record valid identification and failed to properly complete the ATF Forms 4473 pertaining to other areas of the forms. These other violations do not rise to a warning conference level. An alternate recommendation to issue a warning letter in lieu of holding a warning conference is authorized based on this being the first compliance inspection since obtaining the license and based on the fact the original responsible person (RP) on the license, when the license was issued, passed away in May of 2015. The deceased had not provided any guidance of the regulation requirements to his wife and son who presently operate the business. In addition, an alternate recommendation to issue a warning letter will suffice given all the violations were fully explained during the closing conference along with the needed corrective actions in the future. A warning conference is not necessary to again explain the disposition, identification and other ATF Forms 4473 errors. A warning letter will be sufficient to reiterate to the RP the obligations for complying with the regulations. The RP is aware of the violations and the corrective action that must be taken.
Violations
If an inspection uncovers regulatory violations, the licensee receives a report outlining these violations. This section lists the violations found in the inspection, as well as a general description of each offense. More details on the nature of the licensee's specific violations may be found in the report PDF.
This licensee was cited for 8 violations.
Citation | Description | |
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478.125(e) | Failure by a dealer to properly maintain a record of the receipt and disposition of firearms. 🔗 | |
478.21(a) | Failure to provide all of the information called for in required forms. 🔗 | |
478.124(c)(1) | Failure to obtain a Form 4473 showing the transferee's name, sex, address, date and place of birth, and other required information. 🔗 | |
478.124(c)(3)(i) | Failure to obtain identification from a transferee or document it on Form 4473. 🔗 | |
478.124(c)(3)(iv) | Failure to record the date NICS was contacted and the NICS response on Form 4473. 🔗 | |
478.124(c)(4) | Failure to record on Form 4473 the manufacturer, importer, type, model, caliber or gauge, and serial number of the firearm being transferred. 🔗 | |
478.124(c)(5) | Failure of the licensee to sign or date a Form 4473. 🔗 | |
478.131(a)(2) | Failure to retain a copy of a purchaser's permit or license for a background check-exempt transaction. 🔗 |
Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. About the data »