07-06-2015, 06:13 PM
I have heard that many times where they blame it on buying from adjoining states and taking it home. Well as a licensed dealer I can tell you its not that easy. When a out of state resident buys a gun in another state the place he buys it from must abide by the laws of the state that the purchaser lives in. So I will use myself and a Illinois resident buying a handgun as a example since I have done this transaction many times. Buyer picks out the gun and pays me. I then take that gun, or overnight air that gun to a dealer in Illinois. Then the buyer has to go to that dealer and do the paperwork as well as the waiting period, plus pay transfer fees and do background checks as well as show their foid card. It isn't as easy as walking in plopping down the cash and putting the gun in their pocket and heading home.