Right. If it is an unlicensed (non-FFL) out-of-state individual you must have the long gun or handgun shipped to an FFL in your state to do the transfer.bizarrenormality wrote:Long guns can be purchased from FFL dealers in other states (if your state and theirs don't prohibit) but it's not legal to buy, sell or trade long guns with an individual in another state. 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(5)Keith B wrote:Long guns are legal to trade or sell state-to-state, just not handguns. Silly rule for sure.
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- Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:31 am
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- Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:22 pm
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You can if the store will do that. Many will not make the transfer. And, many will just not process a purchase by someone out of state because of the hassle. Bottom line, you cannot buy a handgun in another state and take possesion of it until it has come through an FFL in your state of residency.C-dub wrote:Really? I can't buy a gun from a store in another state and have the store ship it back to an FFL in Texas for me to pick up later when I return home?OldCannon wrote:Correct. You can only buy handguns inside your state of residence.nightmare69 wrote:I heard that out of state resident cannot buy a handgun in Louisiana. Is this true? This meaning I cannot buy and handgun from bass pro shop?
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:29 pm
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Read back in this thread for your answer.nightmare69 wrote:Is this federal law? Does it only apply to handguns?
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:23 pm
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An out of state resident cannot buy a handgun in any other state unless the store is willing to ship the handgun to an FFL in your state to do the transfer. Bass Pro and Cabela's will not normally ship them to an FFL in another state to transfer it.nightmare69 wrote:I heard that out of state resident cannot buy a handgun in Louisiana. Is this true? This meaning I cannot buy and handgun from bass pro shop?
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:06 pm
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Well, here's a good example of how it would potentially be hard to tell. I had a gun that was gifted to me by my father-in-law before I moved out of state. I left it in his safe and just brought it back with me a couple of years ago. Even though I have lived in Texas 15 years, it was still my gun so I had the right to it. However, if they would try and track it back to the original owner, it would be him and would be hard to prove he had gifted it to me before I moved.03Lightningrocks wrote: Well thank goodness I don't know anyone who did that! It does seem off that a parent or offspring cannot simply gift a firearm to each other. I suppose if a parent passed while living in a different state, it would be a paperwork nightmare getting any inherited firearms across state lines.
Personally, I think the BATF will have a lot better things to try and prosecute than a gift of a firearm from one family member to another, no matter what states they live in.
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:47 pm
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I don't believe here is a legal exception for gifting, family or not.03Lightningrocks wrote:Hmmm... I understand the laws concerning transferring a firearm across state lines. What I am curious about is if the rules are different for family? Say for instance, a person living in Texas gave a shotgun, rifle or pistol as a gift to a brother, offspring or parent living in another state, while visiting said Texan?
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:50 pm
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Long guns are legal to trade or sell state-to-state, just not handguns. Silly rule for sure.JSThane wrote:The whole thing is a sham.
Yes, it is legally a felony to transfer a pistol across state lines without an FFL. But...
But it's one of those "crimes" that happens with regular frequency, with no victims, no property damage, no ill effects. Any two states with vibrant firearms cultures sharing a border will have hundreds, if not thousands, of "unconvicted criminals" along that border. Gun show walkers who decide to swap rifles, high school friends that buy a shotgun to help out in tough times (and then sell it back when the money's there again), family members selling and giving firearms back and forth.
Felonies.
It's long, long past time to get rid of all this nonsense. All this does is put honest people's freedoms and futures in jeopardy, and gives LE yet another endless stack of regulations they're supposed to enforce, without any rhyme or reason for the enforcement other than "It's the law."
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:44 pm
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You missed that they are wanting to trade pistol-for pistol. Will have to be 2 FFL's involved (one from each state of residence)RoyGBiv wrote:You only need 1 ffl. Seller can ship the gun to a TX ffl, since the first f is for federal.
I sold to a NC buyer a few years ago via a NC ffl. Shipped via FedEx direct to ffl. Cake.