Gun sale between 2 private individuals

[Trueno]

The laws generally say it is illegal to "knowingly" sell to a prohibited person, but if the state can't prove you "knowingly" sold to a criminal, you have no way of proving you didn't know.

You're statement is very confusing. If the state can't prove you "knowingly" sold to a criminal, what need is there to prove you didn't know the buyer was a criminal?

Even if the sale is legal, if things go badly wrong, "they" will find some way to get the seller.

"get to the seller"
Why? Are you saying the state is corrupt?

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[Trueno]

Sam, thank you for your level-headed responses. LOL at LEO's knowing the law enough to advise (that's what lawyers are for).
LOL even harder at LEO's dispensing advice without injecting their own personal discrimination, twice I've been told it illegal to carry chambered in city limits (was and is still totally false).

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[alsaqr]

There was a local at nearly every gun show in this area. He did not have an FFL but always had a table full of guns for sale. He bragged to friends about how much he made from the buying and selling of guns. Then the BATFE sent him a "cease and desist" order. That scared his socks off and he stopped selling guns.

Most of those charged by the BATFE for dealing in firearms without a license have other problems such as selling to known felons and selling guns to residents of other states.

Some typical cases:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20061115/NEWS/611150464

http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-571246.html

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/5/9/250897/Sentences-Handed-Down-For-Unlicensed.aspx