My point was that most sellers are not willy nilly selling to just whoever. That attitude was never present in any of the half dozen groups I belonged too. Like I said, most wanted to see a CCW card. Some did want to meet at an FFL for a transfer. Some would go so far as to do a little Facebook stalking and report people for something as “innocent” as using weed because it precludes them from owning a gun. The groups also created a network where people could leave feed back and vouch for others. Which further aided in keeping everything legal.
Oh absolutely. Many of them buy directly from FFLs, and then resell. Getting a cousin or girlfriend with a clean record is also a common tactic. But these people know what they are doing. Straw purchases are already illegal. They know they are selling to criminals. So they are already breaking at minimum two laws, do you think they will stop if they added a law that private sales have to go through an FFL?
I suppose it would “do no harm” to make private sales go through an FFL. But neither does making me take off my shoes at the air port, or showing my license to buy children’s Sudafed - or any of the others dozens of ridiculous and inconvenient laws that only make the average person’s life a pain in the ass, and does little to nothing to stop criminals.
