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My guess is that there is no actual definition. I know they talked about how they've allegedly gone from something like "engaged in the business of buying and selling firearms predominantly for livelihood or profit" to something more vague, like "repeatedly buying or selling firearms for profit", but I'll wager that in NEITHER case did they actually DEFINE what either of those phrases actually mean.
Yes, but they can or likely will kill you while trying. Just ask the airport director from Arkansas......oh that's right he's dead, never mind.
Since my last comment I've been perusing the 466-page rule change. As I suspected, they are doing the exact opposite of what they SAY they are doing. Rather than clarifying the definition of who does and does not meet the definition of a gun dealer, they are purposefully muddying the waters as much as possible so that EVERYONE who sells a gun will be frightened into either getting an FFL or at least selling the gun THROUGH an FFL so that the government has essentially instituted universal background checks.
Healey has long believed that going after dealers was the end to her means.
Well, she's a bit preoccupied at the moment spending up to 4 Billion of our money on illegals........but don't you worry......she hasn't forgotten about us.........
Well, we live in one of the most restrictive anti-gun states in the country......what paper tiger are we talking about?
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And possession of said guns is not a criminal offense in most cases. MA is the state of virtue signaling blow hards.We're talking about the fact that most of it doesn't mean anything.
This isn't like CA where they literally have black vans roaming around stealing peoples guns for something dumb that happened 10 yrs ago.
In MA there are still thousands of guns sitting in peoples houses that are running on expired FIDs that they dont even know expired in 1998.
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This is starting to get at the point I tried to make in another thread on the topic. The ATF's definition of "personal collection" is intentionally limited such that an active collector of a variety of firearms in the real world today does not meet the definition.Second Amendment Roundup: ATF redefines “engaged in the business”
ATF's Final Rule Definition of "Engaged in the Business" as a Dealer in Firearms amounts to 466 pages of responses…
”One new item stands out. The Gun Control Act (GCA) excludes occasional sales and purchases of a "personal collection" of firearms from the term "engaged in the business" of dealing in firearms. The proposed rule defined "personal collection" to include curios and relics and firearms used in recreational activities. In response to numerous comments criticizing the proposal for not including firearms used for self-defense, the final rule explicitly states that "the term [personal collection] shall not include firearms accumulated primarily for personal protection." Yet nothing in the statute excludes such firearms from being part of a personal collection.”
ATF is way off-base with their interpretation of “personal collection”, which is nothing more than ‘the guns you own’ in other than a commercial enterprise. To rule that private sales of gun acquired for self-defense require an FFL, as they were not acquired with a “collectibles” intent is ludicrous. Gun acquired for hunting & target shooting are not acquired with a “collectables” intent either.
Yes, but they can or likely will kill you while trying. Just ask the airport director from Arkansas......oh that's right he's dead, never mind.
If they don't kill you, they can bankrupt you with legal fees.
Don't sell your guns.....just give them away.
Yuppp. They don't f*** around.
Yeah, I guess I’ll put a sign on my gun safe(s) reading “My Gun Collection”. I’ll have a checklist of every make and model of Glock that I plan to collect, but only have a Glock 19 Gen 3, so far…This is starting to get at the point I tried to make in another thread on the topic. The ATF's definition of "personal collection" is intentionally limited such that an active collector of a variety of firearms in the real world today does not meet the definition.
