The legality of gun flippers

[MILSURP Collector]

Suffice to say, if I proposed a law to end child pornography, and 6 of you immediately jumped up and screamed about how stupid and dumb that was and listed reasons why we shouldn't do that... It would... or at least SHOULD raise a few eyebrows...

This is no different. I asked a legal question and tied it in to the crazy listings we all know and love, and it clearly made some people uncomfortable... I know there is nothing we can do about it and that it isn't practical to even try unless its really obvious and over the top. But then again, that was never really the goal here.

Its a temperature check, a test in a way, and some of you failed in my opinion.

No biggie, get on with whatever you are doing. You think I am an idiot so why would anything I say, matter to you? If you expect me to just shut up and move along when I see a stupidly priced listing, perhaps some of you fine chaps could heed your own advice and do the same here?

 

[UptaCamp]

Hell, I have a great candidate for treasurer! That is if he isn’t overwhelmed with ODT NARC duties.

This guy already gets it

https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/t...lson-combat-upgrades-trade-preferred.2279473/

free bump for a great listing

 

[Cadcom]

This guy already gets it

https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/t...lson-combat-upgrades-trade-preferred.2279473/

free bump for a great listing

I was actually eyeballing that thing. I like the compacts.

 

[BigMike]

If you don't like the rules, don't play the game. The law only requires someone selling guns as a sole income source to hold a license. So, if you have a W2 paying job, you can sell as much as you want without breaking that particular law. I remember reading of one guy who was buying and selling for extra money, but he was doing it across state lines at gun shows and got warned before he got charged.

I guess if you wanted to be an asshole, you could dime someone out to the IRS, but I doubt anyone is making enough money off guns for them to be worried about a few tax dollars. Just my 2 cents.

 

[SirBannedAlot]

Red herring

No. Analogy. We could be discussing just about any topic.

If someone proposed to "put a stop to X", the people most vocal in opposition, are the most likely to be the ones supporting of X, benefiting from X, and not wanting to see X stop.

Substitute whatever you want into that topic, and in general, it holds true.

 

[SirBannedAlot]

I was actually eyeballing that thing. I like the compacts.

GGS had a BNIB Beretta P92FS for like $587 the other day...

 

[SirBannedAlot]

If you don't like the rules, don't play the game. The law only requires someone selling guns as a sole income source to hold a license. So, if you have a W2 paying job, you can sell as much as you want without breaking that particular law. I remember reading of one guy who was buying and selling for extra money, but he was doing it across state lines at gun shows and got warned before he got charged.

I guess if you wanted to be an asshole, you could dime someone out to the IRS, but I doubt anyone is making enough money off guns for them to be worried about a few tax dollars. Just my 2 cents.

That's not how the law reads. It does not have to be your sole source of income. And it's less about what the IRS thinks and more about what the BATF thinks.

Call the ATF and ask to speak to someone. Ask them if you need an FFL to sell guns on the side as a second source of income. Tell them you are just flipping them for extra money, maybe a gun or two a week, and ask them if that's cool under the law. Tell them you do it as a side gig, buying a gun low, marking it up a couple hundred and then immediately selling it to strangers online to make extra cash. Tell them that occasionally, you see a good deal at a dealer so you fill out a 4473, buy it, and then sell it online that night or the next day for a markup.

Report back? ;-)

 

[Glorfindel]

this thread is like when trash day comes but you forget to take the can to the road. So the trash just has to sit for a whole week stinking up the yard.

 

[SirBannedAlot]

this thread is like when trash day comes but you forget to take the can to the road. So the trash just has to sit for a whole week stinking up the yard.

Your avatar, makes it all worthwhile. lol

 

[DanKATL]

Why is this going through my head after reading the last few pages.