Poodleshooter
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How is there legal precedent to force the FFL transfer agent to collect use tax if the actual purchaser is the private citizen? Would that failure to obtain use tax be enforceable against the FFL? I would think that the FFL has no actual purchasing role, simply a role as the legal transferor of the goods. This seems like requiring the UPS man to collect use tax if he delivered an out of state mail order purchase to my door. He has simply arranged for the legal transportation of my goods, and charged me a fee to do so.
The reason I ask is that the ATFE's FFL guidelines show the actual sale of a firearm to a non-resident as occuring at the time of purchase from the out of state dealer, not at the time that possession occurs.
The reason I ask is that the ATFE's FFL guidelines show the actual sale of a firearm to a non-resident as occuring at the time of purchase from the out of state dealer, not at the time that possession occurs.