F troop has a long history of overstepping the laws that they are supposed to obey.
Private sales are just that - PRIVATE. Until CONGRESS changes the law there is no legal obligation for FFL dealers to encourage NICS checks for private transactions.
I’m sure a lot of them will tell the F troopers that they are available to do that should a subject, er citizen, request it just to keep them off their backs.
Lots of people in a VA ad paper sell guns privately.
Is it legal for a non-VA person to buy them?