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Way before Craigslist existed, or even the Internet, come to think of it, I used to buy my handguns from a FFL licensed individual who advertised in the the local newspaper.

Always went to his house, and we did the business in a bedroom he had converted to a "gun shop", complete with 2 large safes in which he kept his inventory.

There was a newspaper article one day, "Gun Dealer robbed and hog-tied in his house" or something to that effect. It was him, and he no longer does business that way, if he does business at all.

I always think back on that, and am thankful I was not there when something like that occurred.

Now years later, my nephew, who is pretty smart otherwise, advertised an AR-15 for sale on Craigslist, and allowed an individual to come to his house and purchase it. I couldn't believe it, and made him aware of the other incidents we're speaking of here. Hopefully he'll be wiser in the future.