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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I read the law (but not recently) and the concept of "private collection" is not defined...so there is your loophole...allowing you to sell virtually any weapon w/o you being required to be a licensed dealer.
And NO, I dont believe ALL firearms transfers should be NICS checked. You can sell what you want out of your own home. I just dont believe you should be able to pose as a collector in order to sell your old handguns.
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a 'private collection' is firearms owned by a private individual NOT in the business of selling firearms. That does not make a loophole. You really should read the GCA of 68 and then the later amendments made during the clinton anti-gun years to see how FFL laws were remade in order to stop what you're referring to as a loophole. It was actually quite effective. I repeat, there is no loophole.
if you're bothered by private sales at gun shows, then you're stuck with defining what a private collection is and isn't. Do we say 3 firearms, 5 firearms, or 8 firearms is just a private collection and anything over that constitutes dealer status? In order to own more than 8 firearms you must obtain and FFL license?
or do you want to federalize all state run gun shows to stipulate that ONLY licensed FFL dealers can sell at them? All that would do is prompt more parking lot sales.
Or do you want to redefine FFL dealers as anyone who sells a firearm outside of their personal residence? If that's the case, then you need to rewrite entire sections of the GCA68.