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Worked the gun counter at the Gibson's in Garland, summer of 1970 (had to get away from the summer job at Pollock Paper, too hot and tough working conditions, Gibson's was air conditioned). Had a lot of good deals on new as well as milsurp guns. The GCA of 68 was still fairly new and record keeping was a really big deal as it is now. I do not remember the form number of what is now the 4473, but I definitely remember the customer who was filling out the form and did not have a driver's license. His only means of identification were his parole papers and a Social Security card. He was very upset when I told him he could not buy a gun. Another time, I got into an argument with the store manager (not a good thing for a college temp hire for the summer) about the disposition of several milsurp rifles that were missing some parts (mainly Italian Carcanos, but also some Mausers). Some were missing bolts, some front sights, and some just missing a barrel band. He wanted us to destroy them by cutting the receivers with a carbide saw as he believed them to be un-saleable. I tried to tell him that we could easily salvage most of them into complete rifles by mixing parts or ordering parts from various places for (then) only a few dollars. Barring that I offered to buy at least a couple of them for what the company had paid for them. He was adamant that they had to be destroyed. Co-worker and I spent an afternoon out back cutting receivers.