News outlets picked up on our desire to help private sellers transfer their firearms in the safest way possible (story links at page bottom). Now private sellers can meet with their buyers at Frontier Firearms to sell their gun, Frontier will log the firearm and run a background check on your buyer for only the state background check fee of $10.
Depending on how busy we are in the store, the process can take a just few minutes but goes a long way in making sure the gun you sell doesn't end up in the hands of a prohibited person.
Under current law as a private individual you cannot sell your gun when you know or have "reasonable cause to believe the person is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law."
A prohibited person is someone who cannot receive or possess a firearm under Federal law. Prohibited persons are:
- people out of state
- anyone under the age of 18
- convicted felons,
- domestic abusers,
- people who fugitives from the law
- those with orders of protection against them
- those who have been convicted of violent or gun-related misdemeanors,
- those with a history of abusing alcohol or drugs,
- those convicted of juvenile offenses, and
- people with specific kinds of mental health histories
News story links:
WVLT TV KNOXVILLE TN
WATE TV KNOXVILLE, TN
KNOXVILLE NEW SENTINEL KNOXVILLE, TN
