You're welcome. I'm sure the licensing protocol differs in each state. Ours was issued by the county fire marshal. Unfortunately that could imply that some states have really lax rules. We also have enough reasons to handle the immigration problem. We just need the @*&#s to handle the illegals :-)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has been expanded to Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Regulation is now federalized and more carefully scrutinized. Some states such as California have started tracking purchases of smokeless powder for reloading firearms ammo. Smokeless powder is not an explosive. It is a propellent. It doesn't detonate like a true explosive. Such tracking is mostly useless harassment of people who reload ammo.