What is the best way to sell guns?

Thanks, I didn't know that I could ship a long gun without going through an FFL.

I have shipped a handgun directly to the manufacturer without going through an FFL. I think it was FedX that would do it.

The FFL receiving the gun for the buyer has to do a background check on the buyer, any other paperwork, and follow any other laws, like a waiting period, just as if they were selling the gun.

The biggest political misinformation is the "gun show loophole". There is no such thing. The exact same thing applies to sales at a gun show as apply to a sale any other place. Most of the exhibiters at a gun show sell enough guns in a year that they have to have an FFL. If they sell a gun at the show, they have to do a background check and any other procedures and paperwork just as if they had sold a gun from their storefront. A private individual without an FFL can sell a gun to another private individual at a gun show without a background check and associated nonsense just like they were both elsewhere. THERE IS NO "GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE". The gun grabbers parrot this phrase because it sounds like the gun owners are getting around the law.

Buffy,
All gun store owners have to have an FFL thingie. Stop by and ask them if they will ship a gun for you. Most will for a charge so ask how much.

There sure is, at least around here.

I (barely) purchased a .38 spl at a gun show for cash no paperwork, no questions. Is was easy to tell who the non ffl sellers were, since they were the ones who were sold out of handguns.

There is lots of buying/selling in the parking lots of the guns shows, too.

Part of that is a misconception.In the state of Indiana is is legal to sell a gun private person to person. No laws were being broken. If I have a yard sale and you come by and want to buy one of my guns it is a legal transaction.If you live in Ohio or Texas and come by and buy one of my guns it is a legal transaction because it took place in Indiana.I am not required to get a background check on you. I am an individual,not a business! The problem rises when that gun is removed from this state but I do not have control over that.You can set up a sale with anyone of age without the burden of responsibility being on the seller.Other states I'm sure have different laws but here we are OK for private sales.

Wade

More great info guys! Thanks. I didn't get a chance to take pics today since I was in the hospital, but hopefully tomorrow.

Me too. I don't know how to use them anyway. They might as well go to someone who can use them.

There is no gun show loophole. You could have answered an ad in the newspaper, gone to the seller's house, met at the gun club, or anywhere else it's legal to display a gun and bought one in a face to face transaction with a private individual with no background check, waiting period or any other restriction other than the requirement that the buyer be an adult and live in the same state.

The gun grabbers want the general public to believe that those who buy a gun at a gun show are getting by on a technicality. The reality is that the same laws apply at a gun show as apply in the rest of the country. The grabbers want the general public to get incensed over the perceived technicality and require that all gun sales, both private sales and ones at a gun show, go through an FFL holder and be subject to a background check.

The result of every sale going through a background check is registration. When the seller calls in the background check, the sale may not be registered but the buyer is on a list of people who bought a gun. When they come to take your guns all they have to do is pull a SWAT team raid on everyone who ever bought a gun and they will get most of them. The seller has to keep the paper record of the background check forever. All it takes is one little change in the law to make those records available to the gooberment and then they have a list of who bought exactly what. History has shown that the first step to confiscation of guns is registration.

Of course the sellers that don't have to have an FFL were selling the few guns they could. No gun owner wants the gooberment to have a record of what guns they bought.

Sorry about the thread drift.

You may want to check out the Home Defense forum, they talk about guns a good bit, and someone there may want to PM you also.

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/home-defense-guns/

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I held a FFL for over twenty years. Guys in the business won't give you the best price...it's like the American Pickers show on tv - they need to leave enough meat on the bone to make a profit.

I would try a local venue first, some type of trading paper, etc. It will help to list the condition of the gun, along with model number and caliber. For condition ratings:

http://www.nramuseum.org/gun-info-re...condition.aspx

Do check gunbroker and guns america for recent selling prices.

Lastly, give the buyer a signed and dated Bill of Sale, containing all pertinent info - model number, caliber, finish - and keep a copy for your records.

Good luck.

You could include what you have in a post. A person on the forum could purchase AS LONG AS you ship to an FFL in the purchasers state. Gunbroker is a good place to evaluate prices.

A couple years back I had a client that needed to sell a couple hand guns. The client contacted a deputy sheriff who either bought the guns or knew someone who did. The client didn't want the guns to fall into wrong hands so felt dealing with a law officer would be his safest bet.

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Let us know what you have, a number of us are in the dallas area and might be interested

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