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MeMelYup wrote:

ScottDLS wrote:

remington79 wrote:Dd you fly or drive up there? If you drove he could then just gift it to you and keep the government out of it all together. Keep it at his house until you left and then put it in your trunk. If you flew I could see wanting to do the FFL transfer to avoid hassle at the airport.

You can't legally transfer a firearm to a resident of another state without involvement of a FFL.

I believe that is incorrect. You cannot transfer handguns, rifles are ok. From Texas I can go to Louisiana, Colorado or Idaho and buy a rifle and take possession, but if I buy a handgun it must be shipped to a FFL within my home state and a 4473 filled out before I can take possession.

No guns interstate without a ffl. A ffl can sell a gun to an out of state resident if both states allow it.

remington79 wrote:Dd you fly or drive up there? If you drove he could then just gift it to you and keep the government out of it all together. Keep it at his house until you left and then put it in your trunk. If you flew I could see wanting to do the FFL transfer to avoid hassle at the airport.

You can't legally transfer a firearm to a resident of another state without involvement of a FFL.

If Gander Mountain in Illinois took your FFL information and custody of the gun, then they essentially bought it from your father and they are required to keep the records of it by Federal and presumably Ill. law. They are likely exempt from the requirements of a private buyer in IL due to being a dealer. If they were supposed to keep records of your father's eligibility to sell the gun, that's their problem. Were you allowed to have a long gun in IL while taking to the dealer? Yes, I don't believe you need a FOID for a long gun that you are borrowing as an out of state resident. Title of the gun didn't pass to you until you picked it up from your dealer in Texas.