Here's the deal, hot rods....they don't make these guns any longer. It's not like he parted out a 2007 Smith and Wesson.
Is it illegal for a guy to part out a good gun? No. We're all well aware of the US constitution and the rights we have.
Is it a crummy thing to do, to part out a good gun? Of course it is.
So that he might pocket a few extra dollars, the seller eliminated yet another Ithaca. Those extra dollars will probably buy him a Pepper Steak Burger at Chili's and a tank of gas for his daughter's Scion. In 2 days both items will have been exhausted out their respective tailpipes. Had he left the gun together, it might be around another 50 years.
I believe there are two kinds of people in this world - the kind who would part out an undeserving gun is the same as those who take up two parking spaces in a crowded lot, who toss their cigarettes out the window at stoplights, who leave waitresses 4% tips, and who go through all of life with a ME ME ME attitude.