I think that if the USA decided 55 years ago to have a gun control law (GCA of 1968) that said dealers in firearms have to have an FFL, we should have some practical and reasonable rules and regulations that distinguish dealers from personal users. If you repeatedly buy $299 pistols from Academy Sports and flip them, still new in box, for $450 in "private sales" to random strangers you meet on the street, or online, or who stop by your vendor's table at a gun show*, yeah YOU ARE A GUN DEALER DOING THIS TO MAKE MONEY (even if you have other sources of income that are much more substantial).
* I've seen the "private, non-FFL hobbyists" at gun shows with tables full of handguns, and at least one I remember was nearly all Saturday Night Specials. Small cheap pistols with no collector's value. Another such vendor was telling everybody who passed by "Private Seller Here--No Paperwork! No Background Checks!"
* I've seen the "private, non-FFL hobbyists" at gun shows with tables full of handguns, and at least one I remember was nearly all Saturday Night Specials. Small cheap pistols with no collector's value. Another such vendor was telling everybody who passed by "Private Seller Here--No Paperwork! No Background Checks!"