And I guess if you get a LTC that makes you a simi cop and you should intervene in all situations cuz you gots a gun.
As long as you don't know they are not supposed to buy a gun and you ask if they are allowed to buy you have done your due diligence.
It would bother me as much if i sold a car to someone and he killed someone while drunk driving with it or a motorcycle and they end up a quadriplegic.
It would be the same as thinking you need to do more than lock your house or car when you have a gun in it.
Its not my job to save the world.
As long as you don't know they are not supposed to buy a gun and you ask if they are allowed to buy you have done your due diligence.
It would bother me as much if i sold a car to someone and he killed someone while drunk driving with it or a motorcycle and they end up a quadriplegic.
It would be the same as thinking you need to do more than lock your house or car when you have a gun in it.
Its not my job to save the world.
Saw this on Texas Gun Trader...
Title: Something WE need to work on.....
I see ads like this and they make me cringe. Excerpt of this is "I do not want or need to collect and store any one's personal information. Be old enough to own a gun in Texas." What this tells me is the seller is only concerned with getting the money for his gun, and not whether the buyer is qualified in the least (well, he does require that they be old enough to own a gun). Bad idea on many fronts:
1. This just invites people who can't pass a background check to buy from this guy, or others like him. Just had a guy try to buy a Hi-Point carbine from me. My instincts told me NO, and I told him there was another Hi-point in Houston. The guy actually asked me to contact the other seller for the Houston seller's phone # since this guy didn't have a TGT account and didn't want to get one, presumably to leave no trail of any kind. Uhh, no thanks, not even for 3x the price. I let my local gun store sell it for 10%.
2. CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA, CYA,!
COVER YOUR A$$ This should be evident, but let's spell it out. Do you really want to be the guy who sold the gun to someone who kills an innocent person? All because you did not practice reasonable diligence in selling your firearm? Yeah, we can't predict or be held responsible for what someone else does with that gun you sold If you did your due diligence. If your gut tells you not to sell your gun to someone THEN DON'T! At least have a Bill of Sale with a statement that the buyer can legally purchase and a TXDL. You don't need their address ( and they don't need yours). Have your names and TXDL#, better yet a CHL/LTC #. if it's ever an issue, law enforcement will have the rest.
3. Practicing due diligence helps to protect us from new laws and regulations concerning our hobby. 100,000 problems free gun sales will quickly be overshadowed by the one that went bad. We don't need this. YOU don't need this. More so, the innocent who may be robbed, hurt, or killed needs it even less. We are better than making no questions asked sales. If you're uncomfortable, sell it on 10% consignment at your local store and help keep him and her in business!
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