[Hardcase]

Around here, private sales are quite common. Most folks selling through ads ask for a CWP or at least a driver's license. I've purchased from private parties many times. Almost every time the guy that I met and I ended up having a nice long conversation about guns and the stuff that we do.

And as far as purchasing through a dealer, bear in mind that the law is reactive - it doesn't anticipate that the purchaser is going to do something illegal. It only comes into play after something has been done. That loon down the street won't be denied a firearm until he's done something that the government notices that renders him ineligible.