...Assuming proof is the law, then the answer is simple: the dealer in question gets turned in. If I'm a knowledgeable gun buyer...
Strange Larry. I thought your proof proof house was protecting folks folks without the knowledge.
My example had nothing to do with criminal activity. What if the old neighbor widow or uncle bob just wants to give you a gun that's been in the closet for years and no one knows anything about. They say if you don't want it they're going to offer it to so and so down the street.
You can tell it's a Parker and that it just might clean up pretty well or it has sentimental value to you. You spot 3 1/4" chambers and offer the informed opinion that it should be proofed before it's transferred to anyone else. You offer to help.
You find out later that it was given away to someone else. Whew, now 'assuming proof is the law', is the answer still so simple to you. If you try to give a prized shotgun to an heir, should they take your word that it's safe and original. Do you have the right to pass it on to the next person, knowing it was not in your possession for the first sixty years of its existence.
I noticed a link by D. Hause in another thread that there is indeed at least one American proof house. Would you and others please send a few guns in each and pass along your experiences and show your sincerity.
