If you give or sell a gun to anyone, and that gun is used in a self defense situation the gun will be easily traced back to you, and you go to jail. If this is a rule and not a law, I don't see how it can be enforced.
I don't know where you got your information, but from what I can determine neither the law, nor the rule being implemented, would do anything like that. Can you provide a link to an article or other analysis that says that would be the case?
What do you think the intent is of this rule? They didn't create it for gun sales to go on as usual.
I didn't say anything of the sort.
The scenario they paint is pretty remote - and, even if the ATF/FBI run a trace and eventually work their way to you as a private seller, they have to prove the sale came after the change to the law, and prove your profit motive, etc., to be able to make it go anywhere. The chances of them putting that much effort into it for Joe Blow is in my opinion somewhere between slim and none. Now if you are on their radar already *maybe*. And of course all of this presumes the rule actually takes effect and isn't shot down by the lawsuits that are descending on it as we speak.
Lest anyone think I believe otherwise, yes, the change to the law, and the new rule implementing it, are very concerning and will be maliciously used against us. But the scenario your post suggests isn't one that is at the top of the ATF/FBI's list of things to do in my opinion. The first thing they'll do is go after any folks already on their radar, then gather info for sales after the date of the rule on Gunbroker, here, and other websites they can trawl for info, and set up gun show stings. Those are the low-hanging fruit that will produce maximum results for minimum effort.
So yes, protect yourself and be cautious how you go about any sales. In the mean time, support your favorite 2A advocacy group with a track record of fighting these overreaches in court and help them kill this thing before it is used in *any* way against us.
