Here are the guidelines, which clearly distinguish between "required" and "recommended."
http://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-21.pdf
Note the law is an unlicensed person may not transfer a firearm directly to a person in another state, not specified HOW to determine.
The recommended way is to examine ID. It would be an affirmative defense to an illegal sale if fake ID were shown to you.
As to sting operations, they often result in many charges, including multiple sales without an FFL, selling to (they believe) ineligible people, and various other violations.
Here's one: http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2010/02/021110-chi-undercover-shops-attract-sales.html
Note the number of charges of multiple sales without a license ("Undocumented dealers?")
Here's a NJ man who bought firearms in PA through private sales illegally and resold them.
http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2...nty-nj-man-admit-illegal-sale-of-14-guns.html
Here's a plea deal on illegal possession for a man in Portland, ME. He was initially caught because he did an illegal sale to a man in New York, and the gun was later used in a crime.
http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2...-man-sentenced-on-federal-firearm-charge.html
The claim that "no one is arrested for illegal private sales" is just not so. They are listed on the ATF web site. Often the initial contact brings an investigation and results in being charged for dealing without a license for repeated buying and selling. As I said, the catch rate is estimated to be about 0.3%, so if you want to play it fast and loose, be my guest. It is also documented that a man in Maine wrote down the name, DL number, and truck license of a man who bought a handgun from him, and when the ATF showed up with his handgun serial, that had been used in a Boston, MA murder, they took the information and caught the gun runner. Which guy do you want to be?
http://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-21.pdf
Note the law is an unlicensed person may not transfer a firearm directly to a person in another state, not specified HOW to determine.
The recommended way is to examine ID. It would be an affirmative defense to an illegal sale if fake ID were shown to you.
As to sting operations, they often result in many charges, including multiple sales without an FFL, selling to (they believe) ineligible people, and various other violations.
Here's one: http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2010/02/021110-chi-undercover-shops-attract-sales.html
Note the number of charges of multiple sales without a license ("Undocumented dealers?")
Here's a NJ man who bought firearms in PA through private sales illegally and resold them.
http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2...nty-nj-man-admit-illegal-sale-of-14-guns.html
Here's a plea deal on illegal possession for a man in Portland, ME. He was initially caught because he did an illegal sale to a man in New York, and the gun was later used in a crime.
http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2...-man-sentenced-on-federal-firearm-charge.html
The claim that "no one is arrested for illegal private sales" is just not so. They are listed on the ATF web site. Often the initial contact brings an investigation and results in being charged for dealing without a license for repeated buying and selling. As I said, the catch rate is estimated to be about 0.3%, so if you want to play it fast and loose, be my guest. It is also documented that a man in Maine wrote down the name, DL number, and truck license of a man who bought a handgun from him, and when the ATF showed up with his handgun serial, that had been used in a Boston, MA murder, they took the information and caught the gun runner. Which guy do you want to be?