Well, WTH, now that I'm out of Illinois and living in Indiana, I supposed I could live with seeing state-issued ID to confirm a Hoosier state resident-to-resident sale...but that to me does seem the minimum that one is required to do...and I ain't going below the minimum.
If someone won't even show me an ID to establish he's of legal age and of the same state as me, I'm not that worried about whether I'll have to wait a little longer to sell the firearm, or just use it as a trader on something else at a federally licensed dealer's store.
Example, and this happened to me literally today: I'm selling a fairly nice, not inexpensive shotgun. Illinois resident at a gun club in Illinois wanted me to sell it directly to him, there and then, cash and carry. I said, "Nope, I'll knock $25 off the price to cover or help you with the transfer fee, and I'll drive it to your FFL holder."
Dude tried to convince me we didn't need to do that, he'd bought a lot of guns, etc.
Yeah, fine ... wasn't interested in keeping him legal; was interested in keeping me legal.
If someone won't even show me an ID to establish he's of legal age and of the same state as me, I'm not that worried about whether I'll have to wait a little longer to sell the firearm, or just use it as a trader on something else at a federally licensed dealer's store.
Example, and this happened to me literally today: I'm selling a fairly nice, not inexpensive shotgun. Illinois resident at a gun club in Illinois wanted me to sell it directly to him, there and then, cash and carry. I said, "Nope, I'll knock $25 off the price to cover or help you with the transfer fee, and I'll drive it to your FFL holder."
Dude tried to convince me we didn't need to do that, he'd bought a lot of guns, etc.
Yeah, fine ... wasn't interested in keeping him legal; was interested in keeping me legal.
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