[Jeff Higgins]

The few "buy-backs" that have been staged in Washington were for the sole purpose of scrapping all the guns turned in. The usual stated intent is to "get them off the streets". No matter that they usually come from the dresser drawers, the closet, the shed...

I don't see where anyone could have a legal leg to stand on to make you leave. You are in a public place, conducting a legal, private transaction. The authorities should have nothing to say.

That said, we all know better. BATF thuggery is well documented. They tend to operate well outside of the legal boundaries we have set for them. That, and local authorities may take a dim view, and cross legal boundaries to stop you. It may very well all get sorted out in court later, but in the meantime, your life could get pretty miserable dealing with them.

There are better ways to acquire guns. Leave this for the activists that are there more to press their rights than to buy guns. Some one with the time and legal horsepower to "fight city hall". Maybe show up and see how it goes for you; there may be no issue at all. Leave, however, at the first sign of impending confrontation with authorities. The principle may be worth the fight, but a few guns probably are not. Leave the fight at that level to those with the means to fight.