dogtown tom said:
Nonlicensee bought a gun from a gun show patron and immediately attached a price tag and laid it out on his table for sale.
Having a table at a gun show makes it a bit likely there was more than one gun involved wouldn't you say?
Do you have details? Case name, media reports etc?
And here's the thing. You say you applied for an FFL to do occasional sales. That itself is not supposed to happen based on the Clinton ruling. They have eased some but they still are not supposed to issue 01 FFLs for collector purposes.
I tried it, thinking it would make everything easier. I have a rejection letter from ATF because during the interview I told the agent flat out I had no intention of trying to make a living selling guns, I just wanted a license to make it easier to have guns come in and out of my own personal pile of guns.
They told me that was not sufficient reason to have an 01 FFL.
So now I have a letter from ATF telling me I am OK selling 9 out of 10 rifles in a one time deal to enhance my collection with an 03 C&R FFL, I have a rejection letter from ATF denying my application for an 01 FFL, yet I'm being told that ATF will come knock down my door for doing exactly what they told me to do?
Have to excuse my questioning of why some of you are giving the advice you are giving.
Don't get me wrong, healthy paranoia when dealing with ATF is probably a good thing and if someone isn't completely comfortable with an act they should at least ask ATFs opinion or avoid it completely.
But, all these stories about "a guy I heard about sold one gun and he's in Attica"... where is this happening and where are the court cases? Maybe it does happen, but I'm willing to bet there is more to the story, like the one above. A table at a gun show and only sold "one gun" doesn't pass the smell test does it?