Thread: FAL question

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

.....10-Ring There isn't a legal requirement to sight the sellers licence - do you ask Gun City to show you a licence when you collect a gun there? But they definitely need to sight your licence (actually, they record the details of the transaction too).....

You're right Bol, I can't find any reference in the Arms Act 1983 and the Arms Regulations, latest version, to a seller having a legal requirement to show a buyer a valid firearms licence. The seller could be anyone who has possession of a firearm, legally or otherwise. Seems inconsistent with common sense. No, I don't ask Gun City or H&F (not that I buy any firearms from them) or any of the larger retail firearms sellers to show me their dealer licence. However that's based on the trust that they wouldn't be selling firearms unless they had a dealer's licence, which their staff, if listed on the dealer licence is legally allowed to do. I would definitely want to see a seller's firearms licence for some one selling a firearm privately.[/QUOTE].