How do you know if you're selling a gun to a good guy if you don't background check?

[Ohioboy]

It's kind of hard to tell good guys from the bad guys just by looking at them. Don't cha think?

[DBoon]

1. Throw them in water

if they sink and drown they are good guys

It worked for witches in the 16th century, which is where we are heading.

[sarisataka]

2. Or weigh them

[Jake97]

3. Only sell to someone who has a license to carry.

That’s the way a lot of private sales are done where I’m from.

[Timewas]

4. Some states

Require all sales do a background check, private or whatever.. The problem is finding a way to do it... In Oregon we pay a dealer to do it for us... It would be nice of they set up an online system to do that.

[thatdemguy]

5. In some states ask to see their ccw if they have one.

Or in Maryland it used to be to see their hql, now we have universal background checks.

I have also heard one person used to just look them up on the maryland judicary website, its public info.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. They don't care as long as they get the $$

One big reason there should be consequences all the way up the line.

[kabelad]

7. Wouldn't know

Our state requires a state and federal background check on all gun sales public or private. They’d know but I’m sure they wouldn’t disclose why someone failed a check.