"According to current federal law, gun sales between private individuals must be handled by FFL holders ONLY if the private parties are residents of different states. Residents of the same state may conclude the sale of a firearm without submitting to a background check, having the sale recorded or paying a fee to a FFL holder/licensed gun store. Yet in the ATF’s January 16th letter to gun dealers, this vitally important distinction in federal law is ignored."
2 FFL friends here in PA told me 13+ years ago, that they had to do the legal transfer of a handgun. Now I'm really confused. Crap; I just sold/transferred a Bushy Carbon 15 Type 21S Pistol to my cousin's daughter's husband, thru our local FFL.
And you can ignore their letter and execute a private sale as you and others have done before. Likewise, nothing in this letter compels the FFL dealer to do anything, just encouragement to do something already permitted.
The government encourages me to do many things that I choose not to do. Obama is trying to convince people that he issued executive orders that compel people to do what he wants. First, he did not issue a single executive order, they call them executive actions. Second, he has not compelled any private citizen do anything differently. He may try that in the future, but as for now this is alot of honking and coughing - he is trying to convince his supporters, the press, and the wackos that he has taken action.