Continuing a discussion from a "Deals and Steals" post I made...
Several peeps, myself included, made mention of the flippers who buy up guns cheap and sell them here at big markups. Some even going to dealers like GA Gun Store, to buy good deals as the continue to have, and then list them here the same day...
My question, is why is this allowed? At some point, you can't claim to just be a fickle enthusiast, when you are doing a dozen or more deals a week... especially if you are filling out 4473's and then putting them up for sale here within 24 hours?
I asked the question, why not report those people that are clearly skirting the laws and using this forum to be an unlicensed dealer? I was met with some opposition to that notion, despite me being on the fence about it and just thinking out loud...
If we ban people for making a gay joke, or cursing, or calling someone out... why would we tolerate what is most likely illegal activity? I made the point that if we don't clean the place up ourselves, at some point some agency will, and their cleanup will be a lot more painful to the rest of us than if we did it ourselves.
Thoughts on that? Is it just the "cost of doing business" and we live with it? Is there a limit or threshold where we as a group would consider it a problem and take action?
Genuine conversation. Discuss.
Several peeps, myself included, made mention of the flippers who buy up guns cheap and sell them here at big markups. Some even going to dealers like GA Gun Store, to buy good deals as the continue to have, and then list them here the same day...
My question, is why is this allowed? At some point, you can't claim to just be a fickle enthusiast, when you are doing a dozen or more deals a week... especially if you are filling out 4473's and then putting them up for sale here within 24 hours?
I asked the question, why not report those people that are clearly skirting the laws and using this forum to be an unlicensed dealer? I was met with some opposition to that notion, despite me being on the fence about it and just thinking out loud...
If we ban people for making a gay joke, or cursing, or calling someone out... why would we tolerate what is most likely illegal activity? I made the point that if we don't clean the place up ourselves, at some point some agency will, and their cleanup will be a lot more painful to the rest of us than if we did it ourselves.
Thoughts on that? Is it just the "cost of doing business" and we live with it? Is there a limit or threshold where we as a group would consider it a problem and take action?
Genuine conversation. Discuss.