You are free to:I would like to be able to check them out before giving them my address as I am not a very trusting person.
# sell only to a CHL holder
# sell only to people you know and trust
# meet in a public place and not disclose your address
# ask an FFL to do the transfer and background check
# request the buyer provide a clean criminal background check
There is currently no legal requirement for any of this in Texas and I would like to keep it that way.
Criminals are not likely to change their behaviour after the introduction of new bureaucracy (I hesitate to say 'law',
because to a criminal a 'law' is meaning text on paper they don't read). The end result is likely no measureable
effect on crime. I find it highly unlikely your average criminal is going to hang around this or other forums in hopes
of picking up a $1000 custom 1911 for his next drive-by.