advertised NFA violations

[ny32182]

I must not be looking hard enough, because I don't see a lot of NFA violations on GB, but unless someone is an enthusiast in-tune with the NFA it doesn't surprise me at all that lots of people would inadvertently build unregistered SBRs. All the parts are readily available with little or no warning that assembling them on an unregistered receiver is against the law. If no one ever told you about the NFA, how would you have a clue that these configurations are illegal? When laws don't make any sense, you can't expect the average joe will just intrinsicly know these things.

 

[7.62 Nato]

I've reported people many times for NFA violations, etc. Police don't care unless the person is also committing other crimes, pretty much.

Wow, that sounds almost like right (what they did, not what you did).

 

[LiquidTension]

IMO the best thing to do is politely advise people that are flaunting obviously illegal items as to the legality of whatever it is they have. If they don't listen, you've done your part to warn them. If they do, it could save them some jail time. If it's a sting...well, at least YOU were doing the right thing.

 

[Zoogster]

Someone selling such a firearm may also not choose to advertise the extra hassle of transfer up front, but be entirely ready to transfer it properly as an NFA firearm.


That may hurt the sale after the fact though, when someone is unwilling to go through the process for transfer.
It will probably cause more people to bid.