Private Sales?

Selling firearms for profit without an FFL may put you in some hot water.

 

And that statement clearly shows you are not a-

Police officer
Lawyer
judge
Federal agent


You would be guilty of dealing without a license. The feds even require ameteur smiths to posess a license to be "lawful."

 

Typically speaking you are allowed a certain number of "transfers" or "private sales" in most states. Check the laws in your area for how many you are allowed (in ma its 4 in a year) and stay under that number and you should be fine. How much you buy or sell the gun for is nobody's business. Learn and follow the laws.

 

Not having a bad day, and C3, CMON!


Corey, educate yourself. Don't be the guy that gets whacked for unlawful sales "cuz I figgered I'd be OK".

I live in a free state, no registration, privatte transactions all day long

 

Look at it like this.

If you were to walk into a LGS, and say to the FFL

there "Sell me a gun." and he were to say "NO",

for any reason, then a private purchase by you

would probably be a BAD IDEA. IANAL, and

using free advice from an internet, without

being advised, prior, by legal counsel, is also poor idea...


But, you live in Md. Maybe, as you get older, you could

seek a living in a gun-tolerant state. I did.

 

If you think Maryland is bad, try California. No private sales. Every firearm goes through an FFL.

 

Yup. That's how we do it here. No private party transfers without an FFL handling the paperwork.

 

Boy, that just makes things too easy. Someone with the title of Elected official gets a bug up their butt and collects them all with no problem even if its not constitutional. Someone I recently met lost 700+ weapons including longarms when her dads shop was "secured" by the local Sheriffs office after his death. Took them all, locked them up and a big flood destroyed every one of them. They had legal right to secure the Pistols but not the non-auto rifles, shotguns and Muzzle loaders. She could have legally sold them herself without an FFL in NY, even the pistols once provenance was cleared by the ATF. They destroyed his entire inventory.

They took them all and they are all ruined now and the taxpayer will pay for that twice; First to pay off the damages they caused by neglect, next they have only scrap-iron to show for it. Lastly, the pristine showpieces he had will never be owned again, just melted down into plowshares!

 

Bottom line is that you have received good advice so far. Now, one could speculate on how you might get caught flipping multiple guns over time. It's kinda like assuming. As the saying goes, "It makes an a$$ out of you and me". Never assume that since you are a "private citizen in a free state" that you won't get caught and charged with selling firearms without a license. Here in Pennsylvania, long gun sales are not regulated. The intervention of a dealer is not mandatory for rifles and shotguns. You can go to virtually any flea market on any given weekend and see guns for sale on tables. The guys who are taking chances are the ones with multiple rifles week after week and I know they do not have an FFL. The person that is selling his Remington 700 that he doesn't shoot any more because he doesn't go deer hunting these days is safe. The guy that is selling guns over and over again is taking chances.

What you have to consider is if the risk is worth the reward. Especially in this political climate and the fact that there are enough anti gunners out there that have no hesitation to drop a dime on people, do you really want to take the chance? Personally, I wouldn't. It sucks for sure, but maybe a reality check is in order. No offense.