who knows who is lurking on the board?

magicdoc · Post by **magicdoc** » April 5th, 2007, 1:55 pm

I don't want to alarm anybody, and I am not gonna name names, but I want to bring something to everyone's attention. Yesterday I got a pm from someone on the board whose handle was not familiar with so i went to their profile first. Brand new to the board (couple of days) and absolutely NO identifying info on profile. The persons message was basically "I see that you do some selling/buying/trading and was wondering if you could share any shortcuts or ways around the FFL and shipping regulations".

Now, I am not normally a suspicious person, but that individual was either not on the up and up, or as has happened on some other boards an ATF guy trolling for victims. Beware of what kind of information you share. Uncle Sam IS watching, and we as collectors need to make damn sure that we are operating on the up and up. I have never been asked buy a buyer or seller to bend the rules here, but it has happened on some other message boards. If we are to continue to enjoy the benefits that the internet has afforded us as collectors, we have to do it "by the book"
Doc

nbender · Post by **nbender** » April 5th, 2007, 1:59 pm

Wow.

Thanks for the heads-up Doc. That would be an alarming email to receive.

Yes, keep it on the up-and-up, in life and electronically.

anjdrifter · Post by **anjdrifter** » April 5th, 2007, 2:34 pm

that was alarming .. . anybody who is straight would never even think along those lines.. I hope it was just someone who doesnt know the rules and it was innocent
I have a small forum for a town and we use a ip tracker for verification when we had a couple of slammers and some disrupters....it doesn't tell everything but it has pinpointed locations and some info the admin. can access the infor for registering here..

Post by **normsutton** » April 5th, 2007, 3:03 pm

Doc
That is scary , I have had one person locally that has ask me to buy them a gun I told them no I can't sell guns though my C&R its not a business FFl I don't need the hasel

NORM

grayfox · Post by **grayfox** » April 5th, 2007, 4:16 pm

Its like they use to say about the KKK. If you get four members together, three will be FBI.

duggi60 · Post by **duggi60** » April 5th, 2007, 5:22 pm

Magicdoc -- that email certainly has a bad stench coming from it.

nicksterdemus · Post by **nicksterdemus** » April 5th, 2007, 6:19 pm

" If you get four members together, three will be FBI" I know ya right. Da goobermint gotta keep dem agents busy doin sumpthin. You would have 2 be 'bout the dullest knife in the drawer 2 be in the least bit entertained w/idea of bending Federal law. They print the money n have seemingly unlimited resources along w/personel n last but not least you will do every day of the sentence handed down. Likewise that could have been a reporter or gun control nut looking 4 a story. Can't always harp on gun shows ya know. ...............................

carguy · Post by **carguy** » April 5th, 2007, 6:29 pm

It is scary that they (law enforcement) may be out there doing that but at the same time, thank goodness they are. I don't want anyone here to get busted but at the same time we need to do things right.

Think about the real problem people lurking out there trying to meet little boys and girls on the chat rooms etc. I read an article in a local paper a few months ago that told a story about a retired guy caught in a sting. He chatted with "a 13 years old girl" (read: State Police impersonator) and promised a ride in his private plane. He flew to a south shore town to meet her and was busted. His name and address were in the article...he lives around the corner from me!!!!! I've lived here for 18 years and raised 2 children...talk about scary!

Post by **papabear** » April 5th, 2007, 6:31 pm

hummmm.............interesting to say the least, thanks Doc for the FYI!!!

Papabear

Post by **papabear** » April 5th, 2007, 6:33 pm

Its like they use to say about the KKK. If you get four members together, three will be FBI.

That rite there is funny, I don't care who you are....... ;D ;D ;D

Papabear

zbysiu23 · Post by **zbysiu23** » April 5th, 2007, 8:04 pm

Well, at least we know the suits and ATFs work for their money... no Easter bonus here though...

truth · Post by **truth** » April 5th, 2007, 8:37 pm

Don't take this the wrong way......But when a decoy lures a potential wrong doer into its web....The bad guy makes a move to do whatever he has been lured into by 'The Man'. They prosecute???? That "catch a predator" show... I think they should come out with baseball bats and tire irons instead of a microphone and cameras....But there are no children just adults,
The bad guy was never talking to kids, even the decoy was over 18. It seems to me chat rooms are just that chat. You can say or be anything you want with a keyboard...How can they prosecute, intent with no evidence?? I know that is the way the law is written so they use it.... But I really feel like you need your hand in the cookie jar.. Not the intent of a cookie jar or thinking of a cookie jar...

zbysiu23 · Post by **zbysiu23** » April 5th, 2007, 8:50 pm

...internet...and underage subject gets very sticky..some key words we should stay away from... and it is so much fun to talk about the guns...there are hundreds of thousands lawyers choking on the laws..chewing it and spitting it in our faces.. let them chew it and chke on it..it is good to talk guns..

grayfox · Post by **grayfox** » April 5th, 2007, 10:39 pm

Good moral character and honesty is what you do even when no one is around.

Post by **papabear** » April 5th, 2007, 10:46 pm

Good moral character and honesty is what you do even when no one is around.

+1 with grayfox, and well said!

Papabear

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