I have been saying for a while that localbitcoins it's not safe... it never was, it never will be. You don't know who is on the other end. Who knows if a government fucktard is trying to ruin your life because you need a couple hundred bucks worth of cash to pay the bills and he is on the other end delivering the money... that is why I i've never sold any bitcoins.
People are better off buying and selling on the exchanges, because that way the responsibility to check ID lies with the exchanges and not you.
Even with exchanges, you don't know what the hell to expect.
Have you sold payments in signature campaigns in exchanges? what happened? me and a lot of other people are scared to do that, even if we obtained the coins legally. They can decide that it's not clear where the money came from, then you would be screwed. Unfortunately im starting to feel like I will never be able to buy anything of substance with bitcoin, because the government will always know if you buy real estate etc with it. Even if my coins are legally, im scared that they will not like the evidence presented.