Appropriate places for FTF transfer

[Duke of Doubt]

The "You've got mail!" moment is one good reason I've never bought or sold firearms privately FTF. I have bought and sold militaria and antiques FTF, and it was way too "cloak and dagger" for what it was. Anyone on surveillance must have suspected it was a drug deal. Not too cool.

 

[Kind of Blued]

Given the anti-gun shenanigans of many LEAs (most notably the ATF) I think many gun owners would walk away from such a deal, even if they have nothing to hide.

I've noticed the opposite, but that may be because of where I live.

 

[kingpin008]

Well, it seems that you're not trying to pick a flame war, so my apologies.

I perhaps should've chosen my words better in my initial post and said the people who deal honestly usually don't care if anyone knows where they live.

A person who doesn't want you to know where they live isn't necessarily dishonest, but I do consider it a major red flag, since most people I've bought guns from have no problem with me coming over to their house and only a fool would fence stolen or defective guns out of his own house.

No apology necessary. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Z-Michigan]

I'm honest, and I don't want people to know where I live. I highly recommend a shooting range as the best spot for FTF if it's practical. I would feel a bit weird doing a transaction in some big box store's parking lot while on 10 surveillance cameras.

A gunshow, whether inside or in the parking lot, would probably be my second choice.

 

[idoono]

One good thing

About doing it at a shooting range is that well...you can go shoot it and make sure it is what you want and functions OK

Idoono

 

[Tennesseean]

If I lived where you do, I might feel differently, but I don't

And if I lived where you do, I might feel differently as well. I wish I didn't have to feel this guarded. I do remember a time when I didn't need to lock my door, or even my car in the driveway. Those days are gone. Such is life in a rapidly changing urban environment.

 

[Flyboy]

I never said it was dishonest to keep one's home address private when transacting a face-to-face sale. What I said was that honest people don't care if anyone knows where they live.

Formal logic:

* statement: if p then q
* converse: if q then p
* inverse: if not p then not q
* contrapositive: if not q then not p


In logic, if a statement is true, it's contrapositive is also logically and necessarily true, but the inverse and converse are not necessarily true.

In your statement, p is "if a man is honest" and q is "then he doesn't care if somebody knows where he lives." If we accept your statement as true, then the contrapositive, if (not q) then (not p) is also true. That is, if ("he doesn't not care," or "if he does care") then ("he is not honest").

It may not have been your intent to say so, but it is what you said.

And, as an honest man, I take offense to that.

 

[Travis Bickle]

And, as an honest man, I take offense to that.

I think made it very clear above that I intended no offense.

If you're the type of person who takes offense when you know none was intended, especially from an anonymous internet poster, then you have serious issues.

This is my last post on this thread. Good day.

 

[Flyboy]

It's not offense from you as a person, it's offense at the sentiment. We've been steadily fed a diet of "if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide," and I'm offended by the sentiment. It generally comes from either the government or statist supporters of same, but whatever the source, it raises my hackles.

I have no beef with you, Travis, just with the idea. And I'm pretty sure the Founders would have agreed with me.