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Originally Posted by shcisamax
...If someone wants to rid themselves of their private firearms, it is harder to find a buyer privately rather than go to a gun show where all the customers are located. I imagine many sellers go as private individuals when in reality they are dealers.
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It no "harder" to find a buyer for a firearm on the open market than at a gun show, in fact many times it is easier. When one advertises a firearm for sale on a gun forum website, web auction, or local paper he is trying to attract a buyer that is interested in that particular weapon. You can take that same firearm to a gunshow and not find a buyer as their may be little interest by those attending in that specific firearm. More people visit gun auction websites and gun forum websites that offer gun listings than could possibly attend even the largest local gun show.
It is illegal for a "gun dealer" to represent himself as a private citizen at a gun show when he is selling from his business inventory. Why woud he even want to? What does he have to gain? Nothing. He will lose his business, be fined and/or serve jail time if he is caught.