In honor of all the gun-loop holes and other nonsense. I went out yesterday and purchased a Colt 1911 Defender...a really sweet, light weapon with a 45 punch that’s small enough to keep in the car.....
Note that the ATF (especially under Clinton) has revoked the FFLs of many small sellers, and refused to grant applications of many such sellers since then.
If you can’t get an ATF license, you certainly should be able to act as a private seller. And the consequences for selling without a license should simply be an invitation to apply for (and then receive) an FFL.
A similar thing happened to an elderly gun dealer I know. He surrendered his license and proceded to sell the guns he still had, since they were his private property. BATF swooped in and confiscated his guns. He’s in his 80’s, and after spending thousands on lawyers, they still have most of his guns.(They generously returned his black powder and pre-1898 guns, since they are not regulated, however, the also confiscated a whisky bottle shaped like a gun)
ATF finds harrassing law-abiding citizens much safer than actually disarming violent criminals.
A similar thing happened to an elderly gun dealer I know. He surrendered his license and proceded to sell the guns he still had, since they were his private property. BATF swooped in and confiscated his guns. He’s in his 80’s, and after spending thousands on lawyers, they still have most of his guns.(They generously returned his black powder and pre-1898 guns, since they are not regulated, however, the also confiscated a whisky bottle shaped like a gun)
ATF finds harrassing law-abiding citizens much safer than actually disarming violent criminals.