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hack89

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6. That is not true

Reply to Bandit (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:26 PM

Jan 2013

private citizens call sell the occasional gun but they cannot do it for a living nor can can they derive a significant portion of their income from such sales. That makes them gun dealers and they must be licensed by the federal government.

Q: What does “engaged in the business” mean?

The term “engaged in the business,” as applicable to a firearms dealer, is defined as a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms, but such term shall not include a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/curios-relics.html#business-definition

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Booze Control,... vs Gun Control..something to drink about.. [View all] Stuart G Jan 2013 OP

There's currently a Federal excise tax on all gun and ammo purchases of 11% Recursion Jan 2013 #1

Not familiar with the Federal Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax (FAET)? hack89 Jan 2013 #2

Ordinary people can not sell booze without a license to sell Bandit Jan 2013 #3

That is not true hack89 Jan 2013 #6

Yes...of course..and how is this enforced? by whom? and when? Stuart G Jan 2013 #8

There is a strong ATF and police presence at every gun show hack89 Jan 2013 #9

Yes you are correct but one can not sell even one beer without a license Bandit Jan 2013 #12

Not in my state - all private sales require a background check hack89 Jan 2013 #14

"Booze Makers" does not correlate well with "gun nuts" jmg257 Jan 2013 #4

Booze is also banned in some areas. Dry counties where, ironically enough, a lot of gun nuts live Erose999 Jan 2013 #5

As are guns regjoe Jan 2013 #11

Actually, most gun deaths occur in states with high gun ownership and lax gun laws. DanTex Jan 2013 #13

Where at in those states? regjoe Jan 2013 #15

I've never had to have the store clerk call in a for a Fed background check to buy a 6-pack... (nt) OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #7

I have never seen anyone lose the legal right to purchase booze. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #10

Oh yes...loosing the legal right to purchase a gun. Very effective. Stuart G Jan 2013 #16

I don't think you understand how gun shows work hack89 Jan 2013 #17