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@Is this leagal? He needs to weigh in.
Ask and you shall receive. Lol. So, years ago when I used to walk among what is described as the "law abiding citizen" or "citizen" of these united States of America. I purchased my first handgun at 21... legally with a ppp issued by my local Sheriffs dept. I decided later that it was next to impossible to hit anything at any distance with a snub nose .38. So I traded it for a bow, but upon that deal, I made my friend obtain a ppp, bring it to me and I documented the serial number for the firearm on the ppp. I still have it to this day, for safe keeping. That is what the Sheriff told me to do, so that's what I did. All that being said, if your friend wants to remain "law abiding" I'd suggest he do the same. I hate the gun laws with a bloody passion...but it is the "law", or is it? I've been looking long and hard for relief from my disability to "lawfully carry", and keep firearms. Upon reading N.C. gun laws, federal gun laws, court rulings, and the whole spaghetti bowl of a mess we know today...as the "gun laws". It has become even more apparent to me that...the Second Amendment is so much more simpler. Shall not be infringed. It's pretty cut and dry. Why do We as a society have to make things so complex? The Brady Handgun Prevention Act, which is precisely what the N.C. , and most other States gun laws are modeled after, has done been ruled in a SCOTUS as unconstitutional. Look up Printz v/s US. An Arizona Sheriff by the name Richard Mack, and one other challenged it and won. The handgun permitting scheme was put into place by some of your favorite criminals, Chuck Schumer, and Bill Clinton. Yet, the Supreme Court said since the provisions of Brady were already established it'd be up to the States respectively to keep it in place...Most did.
I have questions though...why isn't the said buyer in prison? What kind of person is he? How long has been out? Is he still on parole? Is the gun in question stolen? All valid questions, and I'll say this much too. The OP has done incriminated himself in a online forum that is frequented by LEO. My suggestion would be as others had stated. Inform your friend, the seller, of what is about to transpire. Which I'd likely suspect he's already aware of it, and if he is...well, that's his business. It can't stand the fear porn that I've read so far in this thread. We incarcerate people on "what ifs"? Why is it, that when someone else commits a crime, the blame gets laid at our i.e the citizens feet?