You want to do a private sale...Are there any requirements for selling a rifle in Washington State? I'm wondering about a private sale, not through FFL. It is the same procedure as selling a handgun? Just covering my bases. Thanks!
It's not required but it is a quick way to make sure that the person is not disqualified from owning a firearm. It's sort of a free background check, assuming that the holder hasn't been disqualified since the permit was issued. Checking the CPL might provide some defense should the buyer turn out to be not eligible for firearm ownership.So are you under the impression you must be required to see a CPL or are you just choosing to ask for it.......
I was just asking him that because he denied me for his Sig Mosquito....It's not required but it is a quick way to make sure that the person is not disqualified from owning a firearm. It's sort of a free background check, assuming that the holder hasn't been disqualified since the permit was issued. Checking the CPL might provide some defense should the buyer turn out to be not eligible for firearm ownership.
amlevin wrote:It actually is not a FREE background check, the holder of the CPL had to pay for it. I did not pay for my CPL to be used to increase the comfort level of someone selling a gun to me. Requiring to see a cpl for a private firearms transaction is no longer a private firearms transaction, it has now caused the state to become involved, at the expense of the buyer, and that is unacceptable to me, personally.It's not required but it is a quick way to make sure that the person is not disqualified from owning a firearm. It's sort of a free background check, assuming that the holder hasn't been disqualified since the permit was issued. Checking the CPL might provide some defense should the buyer turn out to be not eligible for firearm ownership.
There's always the alternative. Just sell it without any check at all and take the chance that you don't end up like the guy in Colorado involved in the sale to Klebold and Harris one of the guns used in Columbine. This guy only introduced them to the guy who ended up selling the TEC-9 to the shooters for $500 and he got 4-1/2 years.
http://extras.denverpost.com/news/col0624.htm
(couldn't find the disposition of the case involving Mark Manes who actually sold the gun, just the one who made the intro).
"Mr. Duran, you have broken the law because you chose to ignore it," said Dawn Anna, Townsend's mother. "You knew (Harris and Klebold) were under age.
But you were the money runner. You had knowledge and you participated in it. You were at the head of the line."
Duran not only knew he was helping Harris and Klebold illegally obtain the TEC-DC9, but he went shooting with them in the mountains and knew they had two illegally sawed-off shotguns, Beck said. Yet, Duran didn't turn the pair in, and all the weapons were later used in the Columbine massacre.
He isn't being charged with not checking, he is being charged for selling to a minor.
That is a bit confusing. Those people that get charged broke the law. Either knowingly or knowingly.Poosharker wrote:He isn't being charged with not checking, he is being charged for selling to a minor.
The whole point here, which I think you are missing, is that people get charged and often convicted for selling firearms to people that shouldn't have them. Some do it because they choose to ignore the law and others do it because they didn't bother to check. One thing a CPL in WA State does, it shows that one is over 21 and has been "vetted" by the issuing agency. Maybe someday you too will have one.
Do as you wish when buying or selling, but I choose to make sure that anyone buying from me is not disqualified. If you don't like it, don't buy any of my guns (should I even offer any for sale).
A CPL, proves what, that someone is 21, heck CPLs don't even show pictures, someone could just borrow a CPL and claim to be the owner..not to mention, they could have gotten in trouble recently..