New Jersey used to send tax agents over to shopping centers in Pennsylvania. They’d record the license numbers of cars with NJ plates. I suspect Kalifornia has a rat/s that check Nevada FFL dealer’s parking lots. It wouldn’t be hard to mosey in when a Kalifornia tagged car is parked outside. Customer buys a banned item, he’s screwed. Cops pick him up on the way in.
How did the cops know he bought a banned weapon? That he bought anything at all?
Here's something I find easier to believe - NV gun dealer performs a background check, It pings local law enforcement in CA. All they have to do is wait for him to return, then raid his house.
This suggests that the BG check system is less than secure...
Figure they do at gun showshere in Reno.
Buying guns in a legitimate gun shop by an out of state purchaser and taking immediate delivery is an urban myth.
“From FFL to FFL, every time, no exceptions.”
Remember that phrase. It tells you what you need to do to stay out of trouble with the gun transfer laws when buying firearms across state lines. Federal firearms license (FFL) holders are the only persons who can legally handle gun sales across state lines. This means that the merchant you’re buying from must have an FFL, and that seller must, we repeat, must, ship the weapon directly to an FFL holder in your state. It’s then up to you to go to the FFL holder in your state and take possession of the weapon. Usually, the dealer will charge a small handling fee for his or her part in the transaction. Be sure to contact the FFL holder in your state to advise them you’d like to have the firearm shipped to their location. By handling interstate transactions in this manner, you’ll be in full compliance with federal laws. (Yes, it is from some internet site.)
I think they did that type of scam in Mass. Mass. would send troopers under cover up to NH border to spy on liquor sales to Mass. residents. NH arrested a couple of them.
“They’d record the license numbers of cars with NJ plates.”
Just the other day I saw some guy in blaze yellow safety gear and an official looking name tag writing down license plates near Seattle. If he had come up to my vehicle I would have asked him why. Perhaps I should have anyway.
Maybe he was looking for idiots from Oregon (no sales tax) that come up to Seattle to shop (10% sales tax).