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So lets take guns out of the picture...
What if you sold a few wrenches and hammers to someone on craigslist, would you still ask for their info? It could cya if they intended on using it in a crime.

Or if i buy a baseball bat at a sporting goods store and pay cash. Should they be allowed to get my info in case the bat was used in another manner to cover themselves?

Or if i buy some rope bleach ductape kerosene plastic sheeting and a few shovels at hardware store and pay cash should the store feel obligated to get my info? Why does anyones CYA nees to be covered if you had nothing to do with the crime or intent of it that was commited if one ever did occur?

I think the whole collecting info is bogus it leads to profiling, and it appears that there are sone hypocrytical ways of thinking floating around. Slippery slope as someone said. Anyones personal opinion on someone shouldnt be a reason for the to refuse sale. Imho

Double posted

I wouldn't. in all reality I would imagine quite a few people on this forum are pro constitutional carry. but yet a lot of people feel the need to collect info from a private gun sale??? if constitutional carry is legal in other states do they collect info? doubt it.

I have no interest in collecting anyone's info, or them collecting mine. it really does no good, other than a "yeah I sold that gun to so and so, heres my proof", but texas doesn't have gun registration, so any used gun that you may have purchased could have had 15 owners.


for example I had a gun stolen a few years back and it was recovered. the detective that called me had said that no charges could be filed against the guy with the gun because there was no proof that he was the one that stole the gun. guy A could have stolen it and sold it to guy BCDEFG who are all legal CHL holders etc. and no one knew anything..

I don't bother with collecting info, it does no good, you cant tell anyones intent or background by looking at a chl or DL. whats the point?