I'm a RKBA supporter and Democrat. Ask me anything about the recent Obama announcement.

[dumbcat]

41. "I'd say you were in the business of selling firearms." The law would disagree

If you're selling them yourself, then you're in the business of selling guns, even if it's only an occasional business.

Being "in the business" of selling firearms is defined in 18 USC Sec. 921. It does not include your thoughts.

U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 44 › § 921
18 U.S. Code § 921 - Definitions

(21) The term “engaged in the business” means—
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(C) as applied to a dealer in firearms, as defined in section 921(a)(11)(A), a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms, but such term shall not include a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms;
...
(22) The term “with the principal objective of livelihood and profit” means that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms collection:

I'm sure Obama has told AG Lynch to prosecute a few test cases. We'll see what the courts say.