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To: BobL
"I’m far from an expert in this, but one reason that I could see is to get a background check on the buyer - since it is not legal to sell a gun to a felon."

I'm aware of statutes that make it illegal to knowingly do so. It's a bit difficult to prove that someone knowingly did so or had reason to believe, etc. I'm not aware of any laws that would mandate background checks or make private sellers responsible for what they don't know about a buyer. Maybe an attorney could tell us whether there's such a law in some state.


43 posted on 01/19/2013 1:32:03 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

“I’m aware of statutes that make it illegal to knowingly do so. It’s a bit difficult to prove that someone knowingly did so or had reason to believe, etc. I’m not aware of any laws that would mandate background checks or make private sellers responsible for what they don’t know about a buyer. Maybe an attorney could tell us whether there’s such a law in some state.”

Yea, you’re probably right...if the guy is dancing to rap, has his baseball cap on backwards, and is making his fingers go into funny positions - and you still sell to him, you might have some explaining to do. But if it looks like the family from Father Knows Best, then you’re probably ok.


49 posted on 01/19/2013 2:20:42 PM PST by BobL
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