dogtown tom
Member
If a buyer/transferee has a history of buying multiple firearms and reselling them, he may be engaging in the business of dealing in firearms. Doing so without an FFL is a felony.I would like to know how many times these checks have turned up guns that are no longer in the possession of the purchaser, and what happened then. What can ATF do? I can buy a gun and if I don't like it I'm free to dispose of it. What then?
Understand that ATF isn't visiting buyers years after the transaction to see if they are still in possession, but almost always within a couple of weeks. This happens when the NTC flags a buyer because they have had several multiple sales reports in a short period.
There is no minimum number of firearms that determines if someone is engaging in the business of dealing in firearms. It is the totality of the circumstances. You sell thirty guns from your personal collection? Thats not dealing. But buy five guns, sell them, buy five more........thats the repetitive buying and selling that ATF is looking for as an indication that you may be trafficking or dealing in firearms.