So private sellers are supposed to, what? Just show up at a licensed dealer and say “please run this person through NICS.”? And how are licensed dealers supposed to “encourage” folks to do this? Advertise? Go door to door?
Who handles the 4473? The dealer? The seller?
Free Ammo with background ck?
It is ridiculous on the face of it.
If it is a “private sale” why would you have to pay a 3rd party (the FFL) and subjugate to a 4th party (FBI)???
Exactly. Very, very few private sellers are going to comply.
“So private sellers are supposed to, what? Just show up at a licensed dealer and say “please run this person through NICS.”?”
Kind of like that. It’s more of a transfer. The dealer (FFL) logs it in and transfers it to the buyer, along with doing a background check.
Here’s my advice to take or leave as appropriate. If there is not state law against a private sale of firearms, do nothing with respect to a Form 4473 - the government can just suck it. They are going to have to LEGISLATE any requirement otherwise, not some bullshit ‘request from the ATF because Obama spoke so’
Execute due diligence in your private sale - get identification and make out a bill of sale with signatures and dates included like you would any other merchandise where you’d want a record of the sale.
My best advice is that your gut reaction on what kind of person is buying your gun should indicate to you what level of documentation is needed.