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by C-dub
Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:06 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Trade gun across state lines
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Re: Trade gun across state lines

airbornecpa wrote:
1wise1 wrote: Lawyer tells me if I didn't know the guy with the gun was from another state and he represents himself as a Texas resident (as in temporarily assigned here by the military) we can trade and walk away it's not my business what he does next or his business what I do next.
Oh there is another bone here to chew on. The "out of state person" is in the Military. While I can not cite law, if he is stationed in Texas, not TDY, then for purposes of purchasing a firearm of any type, he is considered to be a Texas Resident as well of a resident of his home of record state.

Additionally, he can get a Texas Resident CHL without having to pay the state any money.
:headscratch Without a Texas DL how would he do that?
by C-dub
Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:58 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Trade gun across state lines
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Views: 6484

Re: Trade gun across state lines

OldCannon wrote:
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?
Correct. You can only buy handguns inside your state of residence.
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?
by C-dub
Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:46 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Trade gun across state lines
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Re: Trade gun across state lines

JRG wrote:I thought that if a state bordered Texas, I could purchase a handgun there, i.e. New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Is this not correct? Or can I only purchase in Texas? How about long guns? Can I purchase them anywhere? or just bordering states, or just in Texas? I am confused.

Joe
That used to be a Texas law or maybe a federal law, but it applied only to long guns. We have not and are still not allowed to purchase a handgun in another state and take it with us at the time of purchase. A handgun must still be transferred to an FFL within the state of residence. The law about only purchasing a long changed about ten years or less ago. I purchased a new rifle in Kansas a year or so ago and did all the paperwork and took it with me that day. And because it was not in Texas they still did the NICS check even though I have a Texas CHL. Apparently, Kansas does not have that law that says they don't have to do it or they will still do it on purchases for those that out of state licenses.
by C-dub
Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:25 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Trade gun across state lines
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Re: Trade gun across state lines

Keith B wrote:
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?
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.
They may be willing to ship it to another BP or Cabela's in Texas nearer to you when you get back home to pick up then.
by C-dub
Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:08 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Trade gun across state lines
Replies: 51
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Re: Trade gun across state lines

Keith B wrote:
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."

:banghead:
Long guns are legal to trade or sell state-to-state, just not handguns. Silly rule for sure.
Interesting, I thought long guns were also illegal to transfer from state to state without an FFL. I know the laws changed on this a little for Texas a little while back, but I thought that had to do with states that are not border states with Texas. For example, I still thought it was illegal for my dad, in Kansas, to give me any of his guns (rifles included) without the transfer being done through an FFL. Did I misunderstand? Again?

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