Flipping a gun for a price higher than one paid now may turn anyone into a dealer, making any such sale unlawful if it does not involve all the licensing and paperwork that govern gun dealers. [More]
Brought to you by every Republican who joined with Democrats on Biden’s “bipartisan” tyranny.
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Some wag once said that every man on the planet was a potential rapist OK, with the exception of John Bobbitt.
So it kind of follows that every gun owner in the USA is a potential gun dealer, because at some point he/she/it may want to sell one of their guns. Since you need the FFL before you sell the gun to avoid being shot dead in your doorway at “oh dark thirty” it makes sense to get the FFL now, right?
So…….
Is BATFE prepared for every gun owner in the USA to apply for and/or hold an FFL?
Aren’t they already having problems with keeping up with all those “Form Whatever” that they insist keep all of us safe from “gun violence?”
There IS a simple workaround. I do it with cars all the time.
I remember buying a bolt action BSA hunting rifle a few decades back. I think I was about sixteen. Cash In Fist to the dealer, a brick and mortar gun store located in a state in which I was NOT a resident at the time. Totally lawful transaction back in those “dark ages” days. Price was $79.95 plus state sales tax. I have decided to sell that gun as I’ve others I like much better. The selling price will be $79.95. I cannot collect sales tax because I am not in that business, so cannot qualify fo the tax number from my state.
Since I will make not one penny profit, I cannot be considered a “dealer” ir “in the business”.
Cure: whaever you paid for whatever you have IS tthe selling price when you go to sell it to someone else. No profit, no business, no FFL. No paperwork, either. I know.. WHAT BSA hunting rifle did I sell? What did I pay for it? When, and from whom? What gun was that now? WHAT proof do you have I even owned that one ? (long before any NICS or sales records were “demanded” of our “betters”.)
Again WHAT hunting rifle? Or shotgun. Or revolver? Or…… G’day, mate.
The problem with that is your $79.95 may be worth 20 bucks in today’s dollars…
I’d actually like to see that as a challenge– “Yes, I bought it for $200 and sold it for $300, but if you factor in inflation, I took a loss…”