[TigersEye]

Other than for full auto firearms, there was no paper trail on any gun purchase anywhere in the U.S. in 1963 AFAIK. No one asked for ID either.

[Big Red Badger]

I believe That’s Correct...
Cash Sales !
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Junk Mail order rifle when Oswald could have walked into a Surplus store
In Texas.
.
Logic ...
Go figure