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yukonjack

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When you live in the middle of nowhere and you need to spread the word about what
you have for sale. Best do the dishes too...
 

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I don't miss jumping through all of the hoops to sell in those "secretive" groups to try and sell stuff on Facebook at all . . . don't get me started on all of the waffle (raffle) groups.
 

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Had a visit from a member of the Federal Governments' Law Enforcement community Monday. I would just like to stress to those folks operating as unlicensed gun dealers or folks doing a lot of buying, and trading outside the NICS system. It would be in your best interest to garner some identification from those you do transactions with or you can end up in a very uncomfortable position. The gun you trade off or acquire could have a past you do not want to be part of.....
 

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Had a visit from a member of the Federal Governments' Law Enforcement community Monday. I would just like to stress to those folks operating as unlicensed gun dealers or folks doing a lot of buying, and trading outside the NICS system. It would be in your best interest to garner some identification from those you do transactions with or you can end up in a very uncomfortable position. The gun you trade off or acquire could have a past you do not want to be part of.....


Go on.....
 

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Had a visit from a member of the Federal Governments' Law Enforcement community Monday. I would just like to stress to those folks operating as unlicensed gun dealers or folks doing a lot of buying, and trading outside the NICS system. It would be in your best interest to garner some identification from those you do transactions with or you can end up in a very uncomfortable position. The gun you trade off or acquire could have a past you do not want to be part of.....

I understand where you are coming from, but it isn't required by law, and I'm not letting someone copy down my information to buy a gun from them, and outside of maybe taking a quick look at an OK DL or Handgun License, I'm not keeping any records on them, either.
 

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Had a visit from a member of the Federal Governments' Law Enforcement community Monday. I would just like to stress to those folks operating as unlicensed gun dealers or folks doing a lot of buying, and trading outside the NICS system. It would be in your best interest to garner some identification from those you do transactions with or you can end up in a very uncomfortable position. The gun you trade off or acquire could have a past you do not want to be part of.....
Just for this reason, I always copy their drivers license any gun license (if they have one). I take a picture of the license and bill of sale and save them on my computer/tablet in a specialized folder.
 

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Just for this reason, I always copy their drivers license any gun license (if they have one). I take a picture of the license and bill of sale and save them on my computer/tablet in a specialized folder.

No offense to you, but no general Joe Schmoe is copying my anything. I like to keep my information private, and if you're selling me a table, a gaming console or a cat trapeze, you don't have a need or a right to my personal information. I personally don't see a firearm as any different, and the only requirement by law is that if I don't have a REASON to suspect you are a criminal or doing something illegal, I can sell to you or buy from you.

If someone tells me they want to copy my information, our deal is off. No harm no foul, unless I'm upset because they didn't tell me this beforehand and I went out of my way to come meet them. If you have those requirements, you really need to make those known to people before you make arrangements. Maybe you do, and if so, cool, just if someone springs that on me after I've driven 45 minutes to go meet them, I'm probably going to be pretty irritated.
 

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