Gun Buy Back Program

[wyocarp]

In another thread, someone mused if it would be legal to administer a "buy back" program of your own in order to buy guns at a cheap price. What do you think? Would it work? What would be wrong with it?

Advertise in local papers that you will be buying all guns for $50 no questions asked. As an individual, what would be wrong with it?

 

[Speedo66]

Advertising and offering to buy guns in quantity from the general public might make you sound very much like a dealer.

 

[SpecialKalltheway]

While in the other thread (not sure why this just wasn't posted there actually) I said I wanted to preempt the gun buy back, I can't say i am interested in doing it on a higher level. I just want to buy several guns in several separate FTF transactions.

 

[Ned Kelly]

It's been done before and its perfectly legal but if you try to turn around and sell them for a profit you will be arrested.

If you choose to keep them for your own collection, sell them at cost, give them away, or trade them... you are good.

 

[Mt Shooter]

Run an ad offering to dispose of dangerous guns and ammo free of charge

 

[Titan6]

Don't sell and you are good. Sell even one and expect the ATF to crawl up your rear with a microscope.

 

[wyocarp]

While in the other thread (not sure why this just wasn't posted there actually) I said I wanted to preempt the gun buy back

Because this thread has nothing at all to do with you SpecialKalltheway, and I don't remember exactly what the thread was actually about but I didn't want to "hijack" the thread and I wanted to deal with this topic specifically.