Hi Phil, as I am one of those guys who only sells person to person at an event, I may as well through my two cents in. I am 70 years old and have never in my life shipped a gun that I have sold to the buyer. All of my deals, from the selling end, have been face to face or through a local dealer. At this stage of my life, I have zero interest in learning what it takes to ship a firearm in today's environment. I also do not wantt to deal with cheats and tire kickers. I had to deal with a tire kicker in person at a shoot last year and it drove me to drinking. You say that this limits your ability to acquire desired guns but how is this different than folks like me who can't make it to gun shows in other parts of the country, like the Southern or the Ohio gun show. I know there are a lot of non-dealers at those events plus the surprise walk ins that offer super guns that I would probably love to own but will never even know are available. I guess in my case if I was offering something that someone really wanted, they could contact me and we might be able to work something out. I have given guns to folks at a shoot to bring back to the buyer who could not attend the event. Also, a local dealer will perform the function of packaging and shipping a firearm to an FFL, but the cost for this service is kinda high and I would have to add it to the sell price of the gun.
Anyway, just my thoughts on the matter. Hope you can see it from my perspective.
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