Selling firearms on the internet.... pointers?

[ChunkyMonkey]

When I sold my gf's xd on here, I explained the laws to her, and let her decide what would suffice. Also made sure she was present at the deal. This scary asian guy showed up in a mini-van.. he was totally sketchy!

That was me! And both of you looked way too young to be selling guns!

[Monky]

That was me! And both of you looked way too young to be selling guns!

I was wondering if you'd catch that..

[ChunkyMonkey]

I was wondering if you'd catch that..

I didnt, some white dude with tattoos all over called me and mentioned it.

Let's see if he catch this one.

[DeusExMachina]

Where and why did you register a firearm in Colorado?

Was going to post this.

You're being paranoid and by statements you have made seem to be very uneducated in firearms laws, so it's probably best you do some self education or absolve yourself from being associated with guns.

[Irving]

I didnt, some white dude with tattoos all over called me and mentioned it.

Let's see if he catch this one.

Ghettodub?

[Byte Stryke]

Where and why did you register a firearm in Colorado?

Was going to post this.

You're being paranoid and by statements you have made seem to be very uneducated in firearms laws, so it's probably best you do some self education or absolve yourself from being associated with guns.

What they are trying to say is that there is no "Gun Registration." for general firearms.
There is a class of firearm that is registered, but trust me, you aren't dealing in those.

By Law all that is required of you is to:
1)Verify the buyer is of legal age to purchase a firearm in PRIVATE SALE (18 for CO) this includes handguns.
If you would like the buyer to be 35 years of age or older, please state so in the terms of sale.

2) The Buyer must be a legal resident of, or Military service member stationed in, Colorado. This may be verified by any form of government issued ID to include Armed forces Common access card and a set of Orders, a CCW or a drivers license.


you can place other terms if you wish, I Will warn you that the more requirements you place on your sale, the fewer bites you will get on it.

Typically we use the "Must see ID, Be legal to own, no crooks or gangbangers."

and as others have said, the feedback forums are a plethora of solid information, use them.

Good luck on your sales

[Great-Kazoo]

I didnt, some white dude with tattoos all over called me and mentioned it.

Let's see if he catch this one.

I personally draw the line when dealing with tattooed people.

[gcrookston]

Was going to post this.

You're being paranoid and by statements you have made seem to be very uneducated in firearms laws, so it's probably best you do some self education or absolve yourself from being associated with guns.

Any firearm that was purchased new in the last 20 years or so will have a trail from the Mfg/Importer to distributor, dealer and then the original buyer.

I still keep a log and I retain the information of who I sell to (sometimes just a name, phone #, email address), just an old habit from my FFL days.

I've had one gun I sold/traded (out of hundreds), come up. I purchased it new, didn't like it and traded it at a gun show to a dealer who resold it at the same show without ever logging it through his bigbook. It was recovered at a crime scene about 6 months later. Got a call from my dealer saying to expect a call. About a month later got a call from state investigators. I gave them the name and date of sale and offered to give them a copy of the receipt. Never heard any more from them, but the dealer was quite popular in the papers for a couple days.

It would have been just as easy to say "I sold it at a gun show"... that would have been it. nothing more that can be done from an investigation standpoint.

[Monky]

I didnt, some white dude with tattoos all over called me and mentioned it.

Let's see if he catch this one.

That's funny... Apparently you're the only 'sketchy' lookin Asian w/ a mini-van on the site

ps- MB really isn't sketchy looking.. but he does have a mini-van..

[leatherneck448]

in response to hip55's and DEM's comments, I did not mean literally registering a firearm with the govt. (like in canada)

Because of the fact that I bought them from an FFL, the forms from my 4473 are saved for X amount of years. In that aspect, I consider it basically registering a firearm.

That probably doesnt make much sense, but oh well.

I dont know very much about the laws pertaining to this thread, but why do you think I started it in the first place?