They had no intention of buying and selling guns retail. Maintaining an inventory. Providing a service.
It was a scam. You admit it was a scam. A way to get guns cheap. You think that's honest?
This attitude is the reason we have so many laws in this country -- "hey, if it's legal they can do it and don't you dare criticize them or accuse them of being dishonest".
Tell me something - what is dishonest about wanting to save some money by cutting out the middleman? Prior to 1968 people did this all the time. The GCA, besides being an unconstitutional infringement of our right to keep and bear arms, was also a gift of a huge competitive advantage to licensed dealers (who, by the way, were also complaining bitterly at the time about the market being "flooded" by cheap imports of foreign surplus rifles).
No sir, there was no dishonesty involved - people were simply trying to do the same thing that they could do prior to 1968. Show me where in the 2nd Amendment it says that you only have a right to purchase a new firearm from a licensed dealer, and I'll come around to your POV. Until then, my POV is that the government was and is being dishonest.
Prior to the 13th amendment people had slaves. Your point?
"what is dishonest about wanting to save some money by cutting out the middleman?
What's dishonest about it? Applying for a federal license to buy and sell guns when you have have absolutely no intention whatsoever to buy and sell guns (merely to obtain them for yourself at a discounted price) is dishonest.
I do not understand how you can't see this. I see how you're trying to weasel around it. I see that real clear.