New round of gun bills filed in Legislature(TN)

Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | Feb. 9, 2015 | Tom Humphrey

[deoetdoctrinae]

NASHVILLE — As the Legislature resumes its regular session, lawmakers are facing a raft of bills dealing with guns, ranging from the new-to-Tennessee idea of exempting firearm purchases from sales taxes to revival of efforts to let handgun permit holders carry their weapons in local parks.

[deoetdoctrinae]

Along with a "2nd Amendment sales tax holiday", several other bills are being introduced which would push back a number of restrictions on legal gun ownership.

[RipSawyer]

I can hear the dingbats hitting the floor, foaming at the mouth, all over the 57 states.

[Beagle8U]

Sales tax holiday = buy online and pick up at a local dealer, paying only a transfer fee. Most often $25.

Just make sure the online retailer has no stores in your state.

[exnavy]

Yes, it is a beautiful sound!

[cherokee1]

I’m not sure how that local dealer pickup idea will fly. As a 40-plus-year FFLD I don’t have any interest at all in receiving guns for deadbeat tightwads who don’t want to buy locally-— for just the price of a transfer fee. I’ve done it for rare and out-of-production collector guns but not for new guns. Since interstate sales have to go thru licensees on both ends there is also a liability/warrantee problem for the receiving dealer. I just don’t see this idea working out for anybody but buttdraggers who don’t deliver any kind of service.

[Beagle8U]

Most dealers are happy to do the transfers, call some of your local gun shops and ask them. All they do is the background check and collect $25-$40.

[RightOnTheBorder]

I would think decently priced transfers are a good way to generate traffic into your store. I have bought a handgun from the guy who does my transfers.

[CurlyDave]

I’m not sure how that local dealer pickup idea will fly. As a 40-plus-year FFLD I don’t have any interest at all in receiving guns for deadbeat tightwads who don’t want to buy locally-— for just the price of a transfer fee. I’ve done it for rare and out-of-production collector guns but not for new guns. Since interstate sales have to go thru licensees on both ends there is also a liability/warrantee problem for the receiving dealer. I just don’t see this idea working out for anybody but buttdraggers who don’t deliver any kind of service.

The last two guns I bought, the dealer had to order them. From my standpoint this is even less convenient than if I had bought them on the internet and just paid the final transfer fee. Why? I had to drive to the dealer twice. Plus, I paid a lot more than if I had ordered them. I know the dealer likes this, but when I discovered that the dealer would not even help me with any warranty problems that arose, it seemed that I was being charged extra money for no service at all.