Moved from legal to broaden the topic

[FlSwampRat]

That presumes some things. Which we don't know as the language is in flux.
Currently, a NICS check* only occurs in those States which are not POC (Point of Contact), and for only those occurring at an FFL.

We here in Fla are a point of contact state which mandates all checks go through FDLE.

Now, a person living in rural Wyoming, might have to cross the state just to sell a firearm to his neighbor. Which will mean having to find an FFL who will agree to be an intermediary, and that both parties are willing to pay such fees as the FFL is inclined to charge.

We don't do face to face private party transfers. Not sure how many other ffl's in my area feel the same way about it. Also unclear is how they'll integrate this with waiting periods. Will they apply? Will we have to hold onto the gun during the waiting period? Can we charge for holding onto the gun?

Whether Congress has the authority to regulate sales/transfers of specific personal property is a different and larger question.

Oh yeah, forsooth and verily!

*Federal NICS is nothing but a blacklist meant to be all the known Prohibited Persons, if a person's name is not on the list, they get a Proceed. It's not actually a 'background check' in the sense that an actual person checks all the possible databases and returns a result of that research.

And we all know how long it took a certain senator to get off of the no-fly list.

 

[CapnMac]

We don't do face to face private party transfers.

The text of HR 8, as sent to the Senate mandated no private transfers of any kind, barring blood kin (grandparent to grandchild, and/or uncle/nephew).

I remember this as it made no inclusion for guardian or custodial parentage. So, adoptive children would be disenfranchised.

As written, it reads that the FFL uses the system within their jurisdiction, whether POC or NICS
Ok, so if you are in Sanford and you want to buy a firearm from a person in Oviedo, there's a dozen or so possible places to find an FFL. Between, say, Madison & Perry? You'd have to drive to Tallahassee, and back again when the FDLE check clears.
So, on the practical side, you'd need to log it into your Book from A, then process the sale to B, when it would pass out of your Book again. The as-written bill provides nothing for what happens with a no show or a Deny or such like.

That's Florida. Parts of Montana, Wyoming, and the like, you are driving half a day to get to an FFL. Probably several days' drive in Alaska.

 

[FlSwampRat]

@CapnMac , I bow to your much deeper knowlege. My brain hurts about 5 lines into reading any law.

 

[Riomouse911]

It sounds like it would be a lot like the law here in Ca, which mandates all transfers must go through a ffl with a few limited exemptions for intrafamily transfers.

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/gun-laws/transferring-guns-between-family-members

It’s a PITA, to be kind.

Stay safe.

 

[CapnMac]

I bow to your much deeper knowlege. My brain hurts about 5 lines into reading any law.

Dunno from deeper. Sadly, I have to read municipal code to build & design buildings to the Code as written, whether I have any proven ability to do so or not.
And, this is not helped y City movers and shakers needing to carve out exceptions to their own rules, so you have to be a like a dog with a bone.

The question, since before this was started are what shenanigans the Senate committees and subcommittees will inflict upon this bill before they bring it to a vote. And, that's before any procedural shenanigans usign the Rules of Order are invoked.