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Now heres a Q, is the seller responsible for selling to shady customers, and if he did would he be opening himself up to a discrimination case?
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It depends on what you mean by "shady". If the seller truly knows (or should have known) that they were selling to a prohibited person or helping facilitate a straw purchase, then they can be in trouble, legally.
Also, a private business owner generally has the right to refuse service to anyone, UNLESS the refusal is based on the prospective buyer's race, creed, religion, national origin, etcetera. So if a seller tries to avoid legal entanglements by instituting a "No Sales to Muslims or Mexican-looking People" policy, then he'll probably get bent over in court.