Originally Posted by
AlongCameJones
I think the email about the Lawman sounds shady. I asked the emailer if he was in Lawton and if not, where is he? The responder said he was an "FFL dealer in the state of Oklahoma" and that he isn't in Lawton but it's not clear from his alphabet-soup email address who he is. I then replied asking for what city he is in. A legitimate dealer, I think, would have replied with his business name, telephone number and full street address.
I've just revised my Armslist WTB listing with the following to make it clear I don't want to drive all over creation:
The less miles I have to travel from Lawton to look at the firearm in person, the better for me, so a local seller is preferred.
legally any handgun sale will have to happen thru a FFL holder, to transfer the gun from seller to new owner(and its NOT a bad idea to do so on long guns too, as it will at least provide you with a legal record of previous owner in case gun ends up being stolen(and there is NO way to check on that before buying)
so before you ever go look at any guns, plan ahead with WHERE you plan to transfer things
a simple transfer fee is many times money well spent for peace of mind seller is WHO they say they are as they will need to provide legal ID at time of transfer to FFL!
background check will ONLY happen on buyer, but at least again there will be an official record of previous owner transferring it to you
as I said, the more restrictions you place on sellers(distance and such) the smaller the pool of possible guns for sale
and keep in mind MANY online sellers with FFL's will allow an inspection before sale too, or the good one;'s do
so, having a GUN shipped to YOUR FFL of choice to inspect before committing to BUY it, can be an option and open a much larger pool of possible guns!
you will have to pay shipping costs most likely, but that isn;'t bad if your considering a possible BUY , as before you get to that point I would think you have seen many pictures making it out to be what you want and or darn close to things !