My son and I had a very odd experience at the gunshow today in Winchester. I was carrying a Mauser that I was selling and a man approached my son and I and whispered, "I need a revolver". He had a British (I think) accent. I said I don't have a revolver, but there is a whole table of them behind you.
He told me that he could not buy from a regular dealer because he was a foreign national, but he could buy one from an individual. This situation seemed odd, and really kind of creepy. For one thing, I obviously did not have a revolver, and I didn't like the secret squirrel approach.
I told him he was out of luck.
He then went to each table at the gun show and tried to purchase a revolver, The last I saw him, a dealer was explaining how he wasn't selling him a pistol, and they were looking through some regulations as this guy pressed the dealer to sell him one.
1. I don't know the particulars of the law, but that seemed squirrely as heck.
2. He gave my son the same creepy feeling, and I wouldn't have sold him a gun if he had been a US citizen.
Anyway, I wonder if it was some kind of fishing expedition.
He told me that he could not buy from a regular dealer because he was a foreign national, but he could buy one from an individual. This situation seemed odd, and really kind of creepy. For one thing, I obviously did not have a revolver, and I didn't like the secret squirrel approach.
I told him he was out of luck.
He then went to each table at the gun show and tried to purchase a revolver, The last I saw him, a dealer was explaining how he wasn't selling him a pistol, and they were looking through some regulations as this guy pressed the dealer to sell him one.
1. I don't know the particulars of the law, but that seemed squirrely as heck.
2. He gave my son the same creepy feeling, and I wouldn't have sold him a gun if he had been a US citizen.
Anyway, I wonder if it was some kind of fishing expedition.