I was talking private sales exercising discretion. Back when FB allowed private sales it was common for local sales to insist on a CCW license, as it was a way to insure the person buying wasn’t a felon. There is SOME risk to the seller if they sell to a prohibited person unknowingly, and people usually take some precautions. (It is illegal to knowingly sell to a prohibited person.)
That’s rather bizarre they opted to not sell them a knife, but would a gun.
I imagine FFLs have SOME discretion, but tattoos alone isn’t/shouldn’t be a deal breaker. It sounds like this guy was a real piece of shit, but if he hasn’t committed a felony or domestic violence etc, then he won’t have done anything to lose his rights. Conversely, the same goes with tatted up minorities whom half the people are going to assume they are in some sort of a gang, when more likely they just have tattoos.
