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alanint · 12-11-2012, 08:47 AM

I thought of that but not very likely. These two guys really looked the part and seemed genuinely clueless as to what they were doing. I also always attended the gun shows first thing Saturday morning to get a jump on any possible bargains before other local collectors got to them. These guys had simply not been spotted yet by anybody with any knowledge.
I did tell them they were looking at a possible 10 years in jail and about $200K in fines if they had no paperwork for the gun as I walked away. I never looked back. This happens more often than you imagine.

I was in a small gunshop in Waldwick, New Jersey in the 1970s when two young guys came in with a really nice MP40 wrapped in a blanket. They had been hired to tear down a barn in Vermont somewhere and found it in one of the walls. Needless to say, the gunshop owner ordered them out inmediately. The kids were lucky, as that shop was a frequent Law Enforcement hangout.

I've lost count of the times I've seen people come into shops here in Miami wishing to sell a gun on consignment and have them pull out an AR15 with a less than 16" upper on it or a sawed off shotgun which had belonged to a parent or grandparent. Most people have no idea of the legalities involved.

12-11-2012, 08:47 AM	#5
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I thought of that but not very likely. These two guys really looked the part and seemed genuinely clueless as to what they were doing. I also always attended the gun shows first thing Saturday morning to get a jump on any possible bargains before other local collectors got to them. These guys had simply not been spotted yet by anybody with any knowledge. I did tell them they were looking at a possible 10 years in jail and about $200K in fines if they had no paperwork for the gun as I walked away. I never looked back. This happens more often than you imagine. I was in a small gunshop in Waldwick, New Jersey in the 1970s when two young guys came in with a really nice MP40 wrapped in a blanket. They had been hired to tear down a barn in Vermont somewhere and found it in one of the walls. Needless to say, the gunshop owner ordered them out inmediately. The kids were lucky, as that shop was a frequent Law Enforcement hangout. I've lost count of the times I've seen people come into shops here in Miami wishing to sell a gun on consignment and have them pull out an AR15 with a less than 16" upper on it or a sawed off shotgun which had belonged to a parent or grandparent. Most people have no idea of the legalities involved.