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I'd like to challenge anyone out there, aside from those with FFLs or C&R, etc., to purchase a firearm online, black powder and air excluded, a bonafide firearm, to get one legally delivered to their home via online sale.
I hope this challenge will put this online gun purchasing thing to rest.
However, should you manage to pull it off, let us know. Sales receipts and shipping labels along with pictures would be sufficient proof to satisfy me that it can be done legally.
I don't know, I have only purchased 1 firearm on line. A 22-250. It had to be sent to an FFL. I saved some money but it was a pain in the butt. I'm happy with the rifle, but would not do it again. Besides I would rather see the weapon first hand, hold it, make sure it's what I really want. Guns are like wives. You don't learn to love them. You either do or you don't.
I don't know, I have only purchased 1 firearm on line. A 22-250. It had to be sent to an FFL. I saved some money but it was a pain in the butt. I'm happy with the rifle, but would not do it again. Besides I would rather see the weapon first hand, hold it, make sure it's what I really want. Guns are like wives. You don't learn to love them. You either do or you don't.
It really depends on your taste, I like really old revolvers. The local market is non existent and the competition for rare models is fierce.
I thought this online purchasing thing was so easy.
No need to prove what already exists.
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The growth of the Internet has significantly increased the ability of
individuals prohibited from possessing firearms to find sellers willing to
transfer firearms to them without background checks
As of September 2013, about 67,000 firearms were listed for sale
online from private, unlicensed sellers.[SIZE=2]5[/SIZE]
29% of ads by private sellers on Armslist.com (a popular website for firearm
sales) were posted by high-volume private sellers who posted five or more
ads over an eight-week period.[SIZE=2]6[/SIZE]
According to an undercover investigation conducted by the City of New York,
62% of private online firearm sellers agreed to sell a firearm to a buyer even
after the buyer had told the seller that he or she probably could not pass a
background check.
I can't speak for all states but in mine you can not have a gun delivered to your home address unless you are an FFL.
You also can not ship to an address of anyone but an FFL.
If it is a handgun, even if it is shipped to an FFL you must pass a background check before the gun is handed over to you.
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