smokey
2A TEACHER
- Jan 31, 2008
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Great opportunity to get a FFL out of your home address. Make a wix website and do it by appt only.
Super dumb. Though IIRC it is partly an issue that MSP can't do a NICS for a gun transfer, and they aren't empowered by the law to do all of the other state background checking that a 77r/regulated handgun transfer requires. As a point, when a 77r is done by a licensee, the 4473 and NICS is done by the licensee, not by the state police.Awesome guys…. We will use Tyler’s for the long guns and the rest I will go through MSP. I have a designated collector letter so I’m good to go there. I’m SUPER glad to hear the $10 few is per 77r….. that will save me some $$.
How stupid is it that MSP can do “regulated”, but can’t do long guns? Maryland…. Home of the dumbest gun laws ever….
Straw purchase is buying a gun for a specific person, usually prohibited. Buying a collection and selling off some of it seems different to me. And a one shot deal like this doesn't seem like the ATF would consider it "engaging in business". I it was me and I could get a deal I'd just do it and if I decide to sell a few next week I'd just go ahead and do that too.I hope one of the lawyers here will weigh in, but isn't acquiring a gun with the intent to transfer ownership to someone else the definition of a straw purchase? Why would that not apply to selling unwanted parts of the collection as described here in any venue?
Awesome guys…. We will use Tyler’s for the long guns and the rest I will go through MSP. I have a designated collector letter so I’m good to go there. I’m SUPER glad to hear the $10 few is per 77r….. that will save me some $$.
How stupid is it that MSP can do “regulated”, but can’t do long guns? Maryland…. Home of the dumbest gun laws ever….
I haven't done this nearly as long as others, but in my time doing this, I find most people don't actually shoot their guns very often, if ever. Every time I go to sell a used gun, its obvious that it is USED (although well maintained.) When I look through the "used" case at my LGS or the few times I've bought "used" guns, they look damn near brand new lol.
If they're guns you're interested in, and any of them are marketable, I'd say sell the ones you don't like to pay for the ones you do. Assuming you buy at the right price, you get a few free guns out of the deal. Not bad.
Nope. You'd have to look at what exactly that transfer was. I can buy a gun with the intent to GIFT it. I cannot buy a gun on someone else's behalf. For example, I can buy a deer rifle to gift to my son. That is a perfectly legal purchase.I hope one of the lawyers here will weigh in, but isn't acquiring a gun with the intent to transfer ownership to someone else the definition of a straw purchase? Why would that not apply to selling unwanted parts of the collection as described here in any venue?
^^THIS. Again and again. Never thought it a wise move to answer questions from a newbie wit just a few posts.I agree with this.
If the OP is buying 25 guns and flips 2-3 of them, I don't see an issue. Conversely, if he is buying 25 guns and flipping 15 of them, he would be in the business of selling firearms.
^^THIS. Again and again. Never thought it a wise move to answer questions from a newbie with just a few posts, especially with comments like "you probably could get away with it" etc.Any post like this by a new account raises a red flag for me. I can just hear it now; "when our representative, Karen, created an account on Maryland shooters, the website of a violent militia, her query was met with suggestions of potentially illegal activity. Mad mommies will continue to do everything we can to disarm people!"