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**44 AMP** · July 31, 2013, 01:51 PM

Having a website that does "background checks" would be useful for an employer (assuming its accuracy is unquestionable), but might not qualify for firearms transfers.

Lists of arrests (or even just one) might give you an indication of the person's character, or temperament, BUT is it CONVICTIONS that matter in determining if someone is a prohibited person.

Are those on the website?

you or I might decline to sell to someone with an arrest history, its our choice. We are required to refuse a sale to a prohibited person, and it is conviction of a crime in the listed category(s) that determine that, NOT arrests.

July 31, 2013, 01:51 PM	#31
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,821	Having a website that does "background checks" would be useful for an employer (assuming its accuracy is unquestionable), but might not qualify for firearms transfers. Lists of arrests (or even just one) might give you an indication of the person's character, or temperament, BUT is it CONVICTIONS that matter in determining if someone is a prohibited person. Are those on the website? you or I might decline to sell to someone with an arrest history, its our choice. We are required to refuse a sale to a prohibited person, and it is conviction of a crime in the listed category(s) that determine that, NOT arrests. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.