How do you sell a gun....legally.

[Gary Fowler]

Each state has different regulations. When I bought my .17HMR in Wyoming, I being from Arkansas was part of a list of states that required only presenting a DL to the sporting goods store. No other documentation was required. I would think that unless your state required a back ground check to purchase a rifle, then all you need to do is provide a bill of sale to the buyer if within your state. You could check this via any sporting goods place if you find a buyer from another state, just ask them what it would take to buy a rifle if you were from XXXXX (your buyer's state)

 

[bigtiller]

I have bought a few guns at garage sales. I pass up the ammo, you never know how it was handled, especially reloads.

 

[Soundguy]

i'd sell face to face in state... preferably

if I had to use a sales site.. I'd use gunbroker. Have used them many times over the last few years.

 

[Egbert]

Don't get me started. We, as citizens, have done a sorry job of keeping our government under control and operating within the boundaries of the constitution. The NSA can take a number and KMA!

 

[MotorSeven]

I had a bad experience selling on Gun Broker with a non paying bidder. Then the guy left ME neg feedback. GB took over a month to respond, then said they don't get involved in feedback issues & would not remove it. Then to add insult to injury, GB wanted me to pay $56 in seller fees???? I told them to go pound......

GB...never again for anything

 

[Soundguy]

very different than the 1 bad time i had on GB.

I did a buy it now, and then the seller did not want to complete transaction after i spent a couple weeks doing paperwork, and non negligible amount of money in ups fees for back and forth paperwork... finally the seller wanted me to pay the comission fee ( tripple digits ), because he was being charged from GB at the end of the month for the 'buy it now' click.

I told him he needed to tell Gb that the sale never occured due to HIS error or unwillingness to complete the transaction ( that's probably why they were hounding him for the money.. the error was his..

in any case. I sent gb a letter.

the bid / buy it now went away. no longer showed in my 'history'.. there was no feedback either way.

i did notice later on that the seller was no longer a gb member however...

 

[George2615]

I just sold a Ruger 357 revolver last week. Fortunately it went smoothly. A co-worker of mine wanted to buy it. We are in NY but I think it's probably the same all over. If not it will be. This scenario is the same for any firearm here. Our transaction went like this:
1) We both had to go to a gun dealer. (we went to Gander Mtn)
2) The buyer fills out the transfer paperwork provided by Gander.
3) Gander does a background check on the buyer.
4) They take photo copies of both our driver's license and pistol permits.
5) The background check came out good so they take possession of my pistol and give me a paper so I can have it removed from my permit. The buyer pays a small fee and they give the buyer a paper which he has to take to his county of residence to have it added to his permit. (In his county it's done thru the Sheriff's dept.)
6) Once they add it to his permit they give him a coupon to take back to Gander
7) He gives them the coupon then they give him the pistol and walk him out of the store.
Entire transaction could be done the same day but due to his work hours he took two days.

As a seller, I'd hate to advertise on CL or somewhere else. If I did have a prospective buyer I would arrange to meet them at a police station or Sheriff dept. making them aware of what I was doing. I would not want them coming to my house (but that's just me not wanting a prospective buyer or possible criminal knowing where I live). I would ask to see his permit and verify they are who they say. I have a few others to sell but it's harder than ever to do so. I think word of mouth by co-workers and friends would work best for me.

Call your local gun dealer to be sure of current sale transaction laws in your state.

 

[Egbert]

Good grief. Just meet them in a WalMart parking lot, cash and carry.

 

[k0ua]

I just sold a Ruger 357 revolver last week. Fortunately it went smoothly. A co-worker of mine wanted to buy it. We are in NY but I think it's probably the same all over. If not it will be. This scenario is the same for any firearm here. Our transaction went like this:
1) We both had to go to a gun dealer. (we went to Gander Mtn)
2) The buyer fills out the transfer paperwork provided by Gander.
3) Gander does a background check on the buyer.
4) They take photo copies of both our driver's license and pistol permits.
5) The background check came out good so they take possession of my pistol and give me a paper so I can have it removed from my permit. The buyer pays a small fee and they give the buyer a paper which he has to take to his county of residence to have it added to his permit. (In his county it's done thru the Sheriff's dept.)
6) Once they add it to his permit they give him a coupon to take back to Gander
7) He gives them the coupon then they give him the pistol and walk him out of the store.
Entire transaction could be done the same day but due to his work hours he took two days.

As a seller, I'd hate to advertise on CL or somewhere else. If I did have a prospective buyer I would arrange to meet them at a police station or Sheriff dept. making them aware of what I was doing. I would not want them coming to my house (but that's just me not wanting a prospective buyer or possible criminal knowing where I live). I would ask to see his permit and verify they are who they say. I have a few others to sell but it's harder than ever to do so. I think word of mouth by co-workers and friends would work best for me.

Call your local gun dealer to be sure of current sale transaction laws in your state.

Ok here is the procedure in Missouri.

1. buyer hands seller the money
2. seller hands buyer the handgun (or long gun for that matter)
3. buyer and seller shake hands and walk away, each confident that they got the better end of the deal.

PS.. gun laws are stupid, fortunately we got rid of most of ours, or at least the worst of them.

 

[aczlan]

Good grief. Just meet them in a WalMart parking lot, cash and carry.

Not legal anymore in NY unless its to a direct family member...

Aaron Z