Trade gun across state lines

[airbornecpa]

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.

[C-dub]

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.

Without a Texas DL how would he do that?

[bizarrenormality]

Long guns are legal to trade or sell state-to-state, just not handguns. Silly rule for sure.

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)

[OldCannon]

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.

Without a Texas DL how would he do that?

There are specific rules about how you can do this. If you go on the ATF site, there's a video you can watch that PAINFULLY explains it (just like all their other videos).

Your local FFL should know all the ins and outs. Seriously, I've had to sit and have an ATF agent lecture me for HOURS on all this stuff so that you don't have to figure it out by yourself

[airbornecpa]

Military ID and assignment orders should suffice.

[nyj]

I was under the impression that one could buy handguns only in one's state of residence. When I lived in CA, I could only buy a handgun in CA. I could not, for example, buy a handgun from Cabela's in Buda and have it shipped to an FFL in CA.

Was I misinformed?

I've bought numerous handguns out of state from private sellers. They ship to my FFL.

[Keith B]

Long guns are legal to trade or sell state-to-state, just not handguns. Silly rule for sure.

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)

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.