Selling a gun when FAC is in for variation etc

[bradaz11]

I think dave_303 implied he has a photocopy of his FAC.
Also the buyer could just phone the sellers local firearms office and confirm it.

Mark

only if its between 9-4, on days with a t in them and if you are wearing white socks. Or so it seems lately with my Dept.

out of interest, where would you stand if you bought a UK legal firearm, from someone it turns out, that had a hookey FAC?

are you committing a crime? Afterall, you are in legal possesion, I'd imagine they would be very interested in who you bought it from, but I can't see why you would be in hot water, especially if they had shown you what appeared to be a valid FAC during the transaction

[zanes]

If I was buying a firearm in such circumstances I'd drop an email to my FEO and ask them to run a NFLMS trace on the seller/firearm/FAC. Or come to a gentleman's agreement that we'd wait for the seller to have their FAC returned.

[poll007]

FYI, it's my gun he's on about (I bought it back before I had my fac, as kent were being very slow. So dave kindly held onto it (and I've seen his fac many a time before),
and if he doesn't still have a valid fac then the plod has an illegal arsenal to deal with
For now we've left it, just means I've another reason to visit him and do some more shooting in the next month or so.