MinnMooney
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I just read the thread titled "Bill of Sale???? by huntinggamo and it brought up a troubling question that I have whenever I sell a gun FTF.
I have the buyer sign a bill of sale very similar to some that were shown in the thread - Name of buyer, License # & state of residency, make/model/ser.no. of the gun, date, oath the the buyer is legal to own this gun - BUT......... I would feel much better knowing that they are legal rather than a true/untrue oath that they are. I realize that I'm probably covered from prosecution by getting the bill o' sale but I would rather be ethically covered as well.
My question : Is there a websight or agency where I'd be able to check on any criminal background without it going "on the record"?
I don't trust the criminal background check system in that I believe there is the possibility that they really do keep all of this info on some secret file. I know, I know, "Boy, is he paranoid or what?" I know that the gov't never lies or even stretches the truth but I still have these lingering doubts.
I have the buyer sign a bill of sale very similar to some that were shown in the thread - Name of buyer, License # & state of residency, make/model/ser.no. of the gun, date, oath the the buyer is legal to own this gun - BUT......... I would feel much better knowing that they are legal rather than a true/untrue oath that they are. I realize that I'm probably covered from prosecution by getting the bill o' sale but I would rather be ethically covered as well.
My question : Is there a websight or agency where I'd be able to check on any criminal background without it going "on the record"?
I don't trust the criminal background check system in that I believe there is the possibility that they really do keep all of this info on some secret file. I know, I know, "Boy, is he paranoid or what?" I know that the gov't never lies or even stretches the truth but I still have these lingering doubts.