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Yea you know my head isn’t that flat.C-dub wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:06 pmCarl, I would not even ask you to stand on your head if your wanted to buy a gun from me.carlson1 wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:58 am I just stated what the law in Texas requires.
We can require anything we want. If we want them to stand on their head then we can require it. Just don’t be surprised when no ones wants to stand on their head.
The law does not require I get a copy of a DL on a private sale. So I don't. In addition, I don't have to prove my innocence. The law is required to prove my guilt. Like I have said a couple times. I believe in constitutional RKBA. I won't add additional restrictions to that right beyond what is law. I don't believe it is a privilege to own a firearm so I refuse to act like one must be in some special category that I dream up.
carlson1 wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:58 pm You can sale to any person who is a Texas resident and as far as you know is not a felon. There is no law that puts you under any obligation to run a background or “check papers.”
If you want to go the second mile take them to a FFL and do a transfer. Short of that anything else is useless.
I bet you didn't know what you were getting started here.Richbirdhunter wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:57 pmcarlson1 wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:58 pm You can sale to any person who is a Texas resident and as far as you know is not a felon. There is no law that puts you under any obligation to run a background or “check papers.”
If you want to go the second mile take them to a FFL and do a transfer. Short of that anything else is useless.
Thank you!!
I have been through about a dozen of this thread since joining this forum and I think I have most of the replies memorized. As usual, carlson gives the correct answer once again. 
IBTL!ScottDLS wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:26 pm I’m tired of this thread, so it should be immediately locked.
Yeah, me too.
Let’s suppose he had no receipt, what would have happened? Would they arrest him on the spot for that crime in the northern state? No, they would need something linking him to that crime and simply being a previous owner of the firearm would not necessarily link him to it. As an FFL I get those trace requests and I know people who had no proof of who they sold to. Guess what? Not one of the people from the four traces I think of off the top of my head have gotten into any trouble over it. Yes, I’m sure there are a very small percentage of times where it could help but I think that would be rare.SIGFan43 wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:48 am Something to think about: A friend of mine in Arkansas sold or traded a handgun to a dealer at a gun show. A few years later, the BATF rang his doorbell and asked him if he ever owned that handgun. He told them he got a receipt when he sold it. After showing them the receipt, he asked, "is there a problem?" They told him the handgun was used in a murder in a northern state. They thanked him, and went on their way. I always get a bill of sale/receipt and ask for I.D. whenever I buy/sell a gun of any kind, because it might save my bacon someday.
03Lightningrocks wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:52 pmThe law does not require I get a copy of a DL on a private sale. So I don't. In addition, I don't have to prove my innocence. The law is required to prove my guilt. Like I have said a couple times. I believe in constitutional RKBA. I won't add additional restrictions to that right beyond what is law. I don't believe it is a privilege to own a firearm so I refuse to act like one must be in some special category that I dream up.
I obey the law and use good judgement.
That sounds like a plan to me.
depends on what gun theyre selling and for how much!carlson1 wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:58 am I just stated what the law in Texas requires.
We can require anything we want. If we want them to stand on their head then we can require it. Just don’t be surprised when no ones wants to stand on their head.
