Requirements to Sell Guns in Hoover
What’s Required for Private Sales
- Proof of age. You can only sell guns privately to people aged at least 18. There are a few exceptions, e.g. people serving in the Armed Forces who are buying the gun for their duties.
- Proof of residence. You can only sell guns privately to people who reside in the same state you do. Otherwise, an FFL has to get involved.
What’s Not Required for Private Sales
- Federal licenses. Even people who aren’t FFLs (Federal Firearms Licensees or licensed dealers) can legally sell guns in Hoover.
- Background checks. These are only required for FFLs’ sales, not private sales.
- Bulk purchase limitations. Hoover doesn’t limit the number of guns sold to each buyer per transaction or period.
- Waiting periods. There are no waiting periods on gun sales in Alabama.
- Sale documentation. Private gun sales don’t need to be recorded in Hoover, although sellers can still make records for their own peace of mind.
- Gun registration. Alabama has no gun registry, so you couldn’t even register a gun for sale here even if you wanted to.
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The Best Ways to Sell a Gun in Hoover
1. Sell to Cash for Arms
The chief reasons to sell to us from Hoover are extreme convenience and profit.
As you’ll see below, our sale process is simple enough to do from your home. We also offer better market prices than other buyers and FFLs. We even regularly outdo the offers from private buyers!
To reap such benefits, sell your gun to us this way:
- Describe the gun to us and send us photos through our website.
- Wait for us to send you an offer, sometimes within an hour!
- Use the prepaid shipping labels we’ll send you to ship the gun to us.
- Let us verify that the gun you sent to us is as described.
- Choose how you want to get paid and collect your money.
Our advice: Want to get your cash as quickly as you can? Pre-select a payment method! Then we can send the payment as soon as we’ve checked your gun.
2. Sell to a Private Party
For private parties, the main reason to sell to them is profit and greater seller control. A lot of private individuals will pay more for your gun than FFLs – though not always as much as us.
To sell a gun in Hoover to a private party, do it like this:
- Find the current market value of your gun by checking past sales of like guns on GunBroker or having us appraise it (this service is free!).
- Create a listing for the gun and post it where Birmingham or Alabama buyers will see it, like local ranges’ posting boards.
- Wait to get several good offers so you can compare them to each other.
- Screen your buyer to avoid legal issues. We’ll provide a list of whom to exclude later.
- Settle the terms of the sale with the buyer you’ve picked.
- Meet the buyer at a safe and public location to complete the sale.
Our advice: Use the list below to remove ineligible buyers from your options. These are people who aren’t allowed to buy guns in Hoover:
- Illegal aliens
- Fugitives from justice
- People not of sound mind
- People under 18 (with exceptions)
- People who are habitually drugged or intoxicated
- People who’ve renounced United States citizenship
- Addicts to or unlawful users of controlled substances
- People with a dishonorable discharge from the Armed Forces
- People currently indicted for crimes that are under the category of “felony”
- People subject to some restraining orders or domestic abuse protection orders
- People convicted of felonies, misdemeanor domestic violence offenses, or violent crimes (or their attempt)
3. Sell to a Local Gun Store
Gun stores have FFLs, so there’s no worry about selling to someone who may not be legally allowed guns. Plus you get to bask in the gun-store atmosphere in-person!
To sell to a local gun store, here’s what to do:
- Unload your gun, clean it, and put it in a safe (preferably lockable) box for transport.
- Call as many local gun stores as you can to see which ones want to buy your gun.
- Drive your gun to the interested stores so they can appraise it and give you offers.
- Compare the offers the stores have given you.
- Go back to the store with the best offer and sell the gun to that one.
Our advice: Most gun stores don’t pay much for used guns. They’ll often give you only 50% of what your firearm is worth. To try and find better offers, don’t be afraid to expand your search for buyers to neighboring Alabama cities’ gun stores.
4. Sell to a Pawn Shop
If you’re selling to a pawn shop, you’re usually just doing it for convenience or lack of options. They typically make the lowest offers among all gun buyers, after all.
If you want to sell to a pawn shop, follow our steps for selling to gun shops. Just remember to look for even more offers and negotiate even more aggressively. Pawn shops’ offers will start even lower than most gun shops’ offers.
Our tip: Not all Hoover pawn shops buy guns. They need a valid FFL Type 02 license to do so. This is why you need to call the shops ahead of time to verify if it’s even possible to offer the gun to them.
5. Sell to People at a Gun Show
You have two possible buyers at a gun show: private parties and FFLs (licensed dealers).
The processes for selling to either one have already been covered in previous sections.
Selling to them at a gun show is fairly similar, so we’ll just give you the gist here:
- Unload and clean your gun to prepare it for the event.
- Bring the still-unloaded gun in a secure case or container to the show.
- Approach attendees and dealers (these will have tables or displays) to offer your gun.
- Sort through the offers for the best one and sell to the person making that offer.
Our tip: Try to get multiple offers even here. You can always ask an attendee or dealer if he’s likely to leave the show already and to give you a contact number. That way, you can find him again if you decide he has the best offer after your search.
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A Superb Choice for Fast, Rewarding Gun Sales
There are your options for selling in Alabama’s Hoover! Now what if your main concern is just getting the sale done as quickly and profitably as possible? You may want to think about selling to us if so.
We’re known for offering private sellers one of the simplest ways to sell guns from all over the country. We basically take out the hassle while giving you as much of the profit as possible.
Want to know how that’s possible? Get a no-obligation quote from us now! You can reach us online or call us directly at (904) 977-5477.