Holland&Holland wrote:Tromix-Saiga-12 wrote:There is an unlicensed individual from the Bloomington/Savage/Shakopee area that has been ordering PSA & ECG (Palmetto State Armory & East Coast Guns) AR-15 lower receivers in bulk & reselling them on Armslist.com. He specifically indicates he is 'not a dealer' & 'has sold xx amount'. I assume he is using an FFL services in the aforementioned areas for the initial transfer. A customer came into the office today & brought it to my attention. Anyway, whoever the unlicensed individual is, they have no idea how fooked they are. It is a serious fed crime for dealing in firearms without a license. The ATF will eventually audit the FFL where the transfers took place; see that "Joe Blow/eric holder" ordered & transferred all these lowers. They'll proceed to make photo copies of the bound book, knock on the transferree's door, shoot their dog(s) & ..... They will then ask him/her to produce the lower receivers on-site. Obviously he/she won't be able to. BOOM!!!
I personally couldn't care less what this person is doing, as I am not the BATFE, but he obviously has no idea how bad he has fooked himself. There simply is no way out of it unless they were able to track down 9 out of 10 buyers & buy them back. For further proof, read his for-sale ads & you can see how oblivious he is to the laws & regs:
http://www.armslist.com/posts/432489/bl ... and-new---http://www.armslist.com/posts/425604/bl ... -last-one-I am a steadfast atheist, but may God help his soul.....ignorance is not an excuse.
There is much wrong with this post.
Hmm, funny, I listen all day long to contractors who did not win a bid. Your post has tones of an FFL who feels that he is at a disadvantage to this competition and it is affecting his pocket book. And why is it that they need to shoot his dogs?
Holland, there is nothing wrong with his post... This person is indeed breaking the law by "Engaging in the Trade" without the proper licensing, and making transfer either legally, or illegally (I am not going to give an opinion on this issue.)
If you do buy something from this guy, who is OPENLY flaunting his exploits with brekaing the law, you are a taking a serious risk. A LEGAL hand to hand between people that are not disqualified to buy sell or trade is one thing - it is another alltogether to buy in bulk and advertise a registered piece on the internet...
What Tromix is pointing out is not that he is pissed about this guy denting into his business, but on the other hand, someone that you shouldn't do business with. Trust me when I tell you it is smarter to do it right the first time and use an FFL - if nothing else to cover your own butt.
This isn't about shooting this guys dog... Tromix IMHO is 100% right in posting this and warning folks.
Like I said, hand to hands are legal and ok - Engaging in the trade without a license is another matter alltogether.