The reporting of multiple sales for rifles requirement is applicable to licensed Type 01 dealers, Type 02 pawnbrokers, Type 07 manufacturers, and Type 08 importers located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas.

However, all federal firearms licensees remain obligated to submit reports of multiple sales or other dispositions of handguns when the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of two or more pistols or revolvers or any combination of pistols or revolvers totaling two or more, to an unlicensed person at one time or during any five consecutive business days. The reporting of multiple sales for pistols and revolvers is a separate requirement from the reporting of multiple sales of certain rifles.