For all the guys who ask for a CC permit. Would you turn the buyer away if they didn't have one? I know lots of people that have guns but don't CC so they never bothered to get their permit. My father for example doesn't have a CC permit because he mainly has guns for hunting and occasional trips to the range. Would you guys accept a hunting license in place of a CC permit? I'm not trying to come off like a jerk or anything, I'm just curious.
Before Connecticut adopted its new laws in 2013, my policy on long guns was that if the buyer did not have a pistol permit or police credentials that I would do state paperwork and obtain an authorization number (from our NICS state POC). [That process, as well as possession of specified credentials was required for pistols, by law]. My reason behind that was that at one point, I had a shotgun listed on another forum, which had a strict approach to handling welchers. When the prospective buyer, a resident of my state, contacted me I recognized him from the hometown section of the website and 2 recent threads popped into my mind- 1 in which he asked if his "friend" should comply with protective order [only issued in DV criminal cases] that he was the subject of and the other was looking for a riot shotgun (somebody directed him to a great sale at a local chain sporting goods store) and he replied that he could only do FTF. When he initially contacted me, I asked him if he had a pistol permit- he replied in the negative. I told him paperwork and BG check were required. He disappeared for a while. [That poster had talked about owning and carrying pistols in other threads- in CT a permit is generally required to purchase a pistol or carry it outside of your home, my guess is that he was subject to a non-discretionary revocation based on a protective order] (It appeared that he did have a pending charge that could be associated with a domestic. A number of months later another local member got banned from the buy/sell/trade section of the forum, for welching, for refusing to participate in what he feared was a straw purchase attempt involving that individual, another individual, and a .40 pistol. (The way that things went down, that seller was convinced that the pistol was really for the likely prohibited possessor that contacted me- I fear that he was correct.
From that point until 2013, that was my policy. Now, our laws require various permits and certificates for everything (long guns, handguns, magazines, ammunition)
All private transfers now require a background check and authorization number. Since we can DIY that, I can't say that I'm opposed to
that portion of our new laws. (I am legally required to keep one of the state forms for 20 years and the other for 5 years- I will keep both for the 20, should I sell anything)
I wouldn't want to put a gun in the hands of prohibited person and I believe that our system does a good job of (1) deterring bad guys from seeking guns from legal sources and (2) dissuading legitimate gun owners from diverting guns to bad guys (due to our pseudo-registry). I wish we had something similar nationwide- so that there would be even fewer guns trafficked into the hands of dangerous individuals.
