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<blockquote data-quote="HiredHand" data-source="post: 3532716" data-attributes="member: 2469">Worth the read.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/25/us/unlicensed-gun-dealers-law-invs/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/25/us/unlicensed-gun-dealers-law-invs/index.html</a>“He said the vague wording in the statute and the requirement that defendants be shown to have willfully violated the law make such cases difficult enough. On top of that, he said, many unlicensed dealing suspects have no previous criminal record, making them sympathetic to juries and unappealing to prosecutors.&quot;In my view, they&#039;re the most challenging prosecution that ATF has,&quot; he said.Because unlicensed dealers typically do not document their sales, Chittum said, it is impossible to quantify how many guns pass through their hands each year. Whatever the number is, he said, &quot;it&#039;s not small.&quot;The ATF routinely warns suspected unlicensed dealers that they may be breaking the law. They do so by sending out so-called &quot;cease and desist&quot; letters instructing recipients to stop selling guns until they&#039;ve obtained a federal firearms license.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HiredHand, post: 3532716, member: 2469"] Worth the read. [URL]https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/25/us/unlicensed-gun-dealers-law-invs/index.html[/URL] “He said the vague wording in the statute and the requirement that defendants be shown to have willfully violated the law make such cases difficult enough. On top of that, he said, many unlicensed dealing suspects have no previous criminal record, making them sympathetic to juries and unappealing to prosecutors. "In my view, they're the most challenging prosecution that ATF has," he said. Because unlicensed dealers typically do not document their sales, Chittum said, it is impossible to quantify how many guns pass through their hands each year. Whatever the number is, he said, "it's not small." The ATF routinely warns suspected unlicensed dealers that they may be breaking the law. They do so by sending out so-called "cease and desist" letters instructing recipients to stop selling guns until they've obtained a federal firearms license.” [/QUOTE]

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