Exactly correct. You MUST go to a UPS hub, and declare your shipment as a firearm. UPS "agents" (ups stores, Staples, etc.) will NOT (and cannot) accept firearms, even for intrastate shipments.carlson1 wrote:Shipped this week to a Forum member in Amarillo by UPS. He as not a FFL and I am not a FFL. You can ship person to person in your same State without going through a FFL. I use UPS hub in Dallas and there never has been a problem.
Question about handgun transfer
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grumble
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Re: Question about handgun transfer
Who are my congressmen again? http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us
Re: Question about handgun transfer
thanks for all your help guys!
well here is the updated version .
Today me and my uncle went to the FFL in LA,(just a friendly reminder..he is a LA chl holder,and i m a TX chl holder.i m in LA cause of visiting).got it? ok. let me keep talking.thanks.
so he bought a new handgun in LA FFL. And me? of course i couldn't buy any handguns cause of i m not a LA resident.
Tonight when we were having dinner ,we decided to trade both of our handguns with a bill of sale.(Again,my handgun is from TX,his is from LA.)
well.my question is even we were doing a face to face, family trade or as a gift.do we still need to go thru FFLs since we are doing this interstates.it means..he will have to ship his handgun to TX ffl for me to recieve it and i will have to send mine from TX to LA in order to do it legally?
thanks a lot guys. i know this is kind of long ..but thanks for helping out again!
well here is the updated version .
Today me and my uncle went to the FFL in LA,(just a friendly reminder..he is a LA chl holder,and i m a TX chl holder.i m in LA cause of visiting).got it? ok. let me keep talking.thanks.
so he bought a new handgun in LA FFL. And me? of course i couldn't buy any handguns cause of i m not a LA resident.
Tonight when we were having dinner ,we decided to trade both of our handguns with a bill of sale.(Again,my handgun is from TX,his is from LA.)
well.my question is even we were doing a face to face, family trade or as a gift.do we still need to go thru FFLs since we are doing this interstates.it means..he will have to ship his handgun to TX ffl for me to recieve it and i will have to send mine from TX to LA in order to do it legally?
thanks a lot guys. i know this is kind of long ..but thanks for helping out again!
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Re: Question about handgun transfer
Legally, yes. Since you were in Louisiana at the time, the transfer to him would be simple -- just drive to the FFL and transfer it. The transfer to you would involve shipping to a Texas FFL and your picking it up there.
This is my understanding of the rules, which has been confirmed by others, and is how I gave two pistols to my brothers who live in Minnesota (I took the guns with me to MN and "deposited" them with a Minnesota FFL who held them for my brothers until they complied with the Minnesota requirements for purchasing a handgun (which was about half-way to completing the requirements for the Minnesota concealed permit, which they also did)).
This is my understanding of the rules, which has been confirmed by others, and is how I gave two pistols to my brothers who live in Minnesota (I took the guns with me to MN and "deposited" them with a Minnesota FFL who held them for my brothers until they complied with the Minnesota requirements for purchasing a handgun (which was about half-way to completing the requirements for the Minnesota concealed permit, which they also did)).