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I just sold a pistol to a member here, last week. We met in a parking lot. I showed him the gun, he showed me the cash. We traded, shot the breeze for a bit(no actual rounds were fired, ) and went on our merry way.

Bart wrote:The polite thing is to state any special circumstances in your ad. If you want them to sign a bill of sale. If you will only sell to someone with a Texas CHL. If you want to be paid in silver coins. If you can only meet between 2am and 3am during a full moon. Whatever your requirements are, being polite and stating everything up front is going to make for a better transaction for everyone.

It is key that both parties communicate their needs before meeting. Maybe you as the seller have no special requirements, but the buyer insists on a bill of sale. There should be no surprises.

There are no legal requirements, unless you have reason to believe the prospective buyer is a felon or otherwise prohibited.

It is strictly a matter of reaching a comfort level for both buyer and seller.

I've always been the buyer and I go with whatever the seller wants. However, there are some that will not engage in a sale if it requires more than a cash for gun transaction.

I bought a wifi router from a guy. I paid cash and he gave me the router. I would have walked away if he wanted my address or wanted to write down any other information from my ID. I was paying cash, not with a check or credit card, so there's no need to see my ID. I feel the same way about guns and ammo sales.

Thomas wrote:If you are really paranoid, clean the gun very thoroughly while wearing a set of gloves, so that if the gun is used in a crime, the police do not have your prints on the murder weapon.

Yeah your right... use gloves if you dont want your fingerprint seen in the gun.

I have only purchased two used handguns before. One was from a close friend and no paperwork changed hands. The other was recently from a member of this forum who requested a bill of sale. I didn't have any problems filling it out. The was I see it, it can help protect both parties in the future.

Unlike a 4473, this paper has little chance of being entered into a database somewhere. And while I don't want to take any steps closer to a full registration state, I also don't have any problems helping local law enforcement catch a criminal if the gun was ever used in a crime. And actually, having a bill of sale on hand might be useful if you ever needed to file an insurance claim if the gun was ever stolen.

So to me, it's not a big deal either way. Your form seems to request a lot of info - I might tone it down just a bit. And, as others have said, just be up front about it when you place the ad.

Now, what you got for sale????????

tboesche wrote:I just sold a pistol to a member here, last week. We met in a parking lot. I showed him the gun, he showed me the cash. We traded, shot the breeze for a bit(no actual rounds were fired, ) and went on our merry way.

I sold a pistol to a member recently. We met in the parking lot of Cheaper Than Dirt in McKinney, exchanged the handgun for the cash, chatted a while, and both went into the store to do some shopping. I didn't have any misgivings about selling to him. I have his email address and phone number if it comes back to haunt me in the near future, but I doubt that will be an issue.

I bought 2 pistols from a friend of mine last year. We've known each other for a couple years through local car stuff, but he still wanted to do a bill of sale for each. I had no problem with it. Many years ago I bought a MAK-90 from another friend I knew through local car stuff, but he didn't give a flip about a bill of sale or anything like that.