Private firearm transactions, what personal info on the receipts?

[dave_pro2a]

Quote: "A driver license is not proof of legal residency."

In some states it is. Some states require 'proof of residency" in order to issue a license (i.e. current phone bill in your name).

 

[Maximum1]

RE: Goes right to my point

According to BATF regs you do have to have it transferred by a ffl. FWIW I did have the police come knocking on my door when a pistol that had been stolen in a burglary was used in a murder. They tracked me from Texas to Nevada.I had filed a police report and that got me off the hook.This was ten years after the fact....

Goes right to my point....You can make the choice to ignore the risk...But it is what it is.....You can be held LIABLE. Some make it sounds like you have to sell privately in order to insure our Second Amendment Right (???), OK?

My two cents.....

 

[M2 Carbine]

You can be held LIABLE.

Probably hundreds or thousands of guns are transferred every month between individuals.
No doubt some are later used illegally.
If being "held LIABLE" is actually a problem, the Internet gun sites would be filled with stories about, "I was "held LIABLE", after selling a gun legally.

So, please post some cases where a person has been criminally charged or "held LIABLE" after they legally sold a gun to another individual.

 

[Maximum1]

Probably hundreds or thousands of guns are transferred every month between individuals.
No doubt some are later used illegally.
If being "held LIABLE" is actually a problem, the Internet gun sites would be filled with stories about, "I was "held LIABLE", after selling a gun legally.

So, please post some cases where a person has been criminally charged or "held LIABLE" after they legally sold a gun to another individual.

Earth to M2 Carbine, don't know what world you live in but if you want to take a chance selling to UNKNOWN buyers and risk a civil lawsuit go right ahead and keep on selling anyway you want...That's your Right. As for me (as I stated earlier) I'm not brave enough... I worked too many years to give my money away over a (on average) less than a $400.00 gun....Risk to reward ratio is way out of balance so it doesn't make financial sense. But that's me.

P.S. I'm not going to spend my Sunday afternoon proving anything to you.... Good luck in the future.

 

[Lone_Gunman]

Earth to M2 Carbine, don't know what world you live in but if you want to take a chance selling to UNKNOWN buyers and risk a civil lawsuit go right ahead and keep on selling anyway you want

Well let me ask a stupid question...

How will the UNKNOWN buyer be able to name me as the seller, if neither of us know who the other is?

 

[busy_squirrel]

In this state, cash and maybe a smile is all that's necessary as far as i know.

So I try to know as little as possible when selling. No need to. And I don't want to start keepng records. So far I've always known a name and that's enough for me. If the 5-0 come asking, I'll pass along the name and gun serial number as that's all I know. After all, detective work is for detectives right?

However, I've always bought FFL so the guns were in my name and presumably not stolen. I guess that's part of the reason I don't mind selling for cash, I assume it was clean when I sold it.

 

[Outlaws]

My last transaction when something like this.....

[wipe finger prints off firearm, then drive to meeting location]

Me: Howdy.
Buyer: Hello.
Me: [handing over rifle] I just don't shoot it much anymore.
Buyer: Thats nice. [works action] You say $250?
Me: Yeeep.
[money exchanges hands]
Me: Enjoy.
Buyer: Thanks a lot.

[speed off to purchase a new toy]

Paperwork? This ain't no gun shop.