08/18/2026
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VOLUNTARY.
TEMPORARY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Operation S.A.F.E.R. Together is a voluntary, temporary, confidential, and secure process that operates under the framework provided by Alabama SB 40 (the Houston Hunter Act), the 24 July 2023 ATF/DOJ Open Letter to all FFLs, and a confidential hold harmless agreement between the firearm owner and the FFL.
STEP ONE
Any Military, Veteran, or First Responder (MVFR) firearm owner can visit a participating FFL during normal business hours and inform an employee that they would like to participate in the S.A.F.E.R. Together program. The MVFR will then execute a confidential Hold Harmless Agreement with the FFL. Once the confidential agreement is complete, the employee will es**rt the MFVR to an individual safe (provided by the program) on their premises. Finally, the firearm owner will personally secure their firearm(s) and/or ammunition in the safe.
In this scenario -- under the ATF & DOJ guidance -- a FFL will not “receive” or “acquire” the firearm into its inventory, nor will the FFL assume control of the individual’s firearm. To the contrary, only the MVFR firearm owner has the ability to open the safe and retrieve the firearm. Because the FFL has not “received” a firearm into its inventory, the FFL will not record the firearm as an acquisition in its acquisition and disposition (“A&D”) records and will not, upon retrieval of the firearm by the individual, execute a Fi****ms Transaction Record, Form 4473 or conduct a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check. The individual MVFR firearm owner is the only one who can voluntarily turn in and retrieve the firearm from the safe.
STEP TWO
The MVFR will receive a S.A.F.E.R. Together one-pager that provides a snapshot of the Peer Support Specialists available through this coalition and some local resources available for support. Every MVFR will be given the option to request free and confidential Peer Support services through this program. If the MVFR is willing to be connected to a Peer Support specialist, the FFL will notify the S.A.F.E.R. Peer Support Team. From here, the support and healing begins.
STEP THREE
Once the MVFR feels the high-risk transitional event has passed and they have support they need, they can return to the FFL and retrieve their fi****ms and/or ammunition during regular business hours without question. From here, the journey doesn’t stop – we encourage follow up support and actions to increase resilience, wellness, and post traumatic growth. The MVFR will have an option during the retrieval process to fill out an anonymous survey about the ease and effectiveness of the program to be maintained for improving our support of Veterans and Service Members in crisis.