Handgun - Face to Face TN to MS

[Guest ACMM]

Is that legal under the adjoining state law? If you have a link to any info on it I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

[Guest ACMM]

I thought I'd found the answer, but I hadn't.

Thanks.

[dralarms]

any handgun transaction between any other state HAS to go through a FFL or it's a violation of Federal law. It's even illegal for you to go there or the other person to go to your state so just pay a FFL to do the transfer and be done with it.

[Guest ACMM]

Thanks!

[Smith]

You do not want to mess with interstate commerce infractions. Those are federal violations!

[The Rabbi]

No it is not legal. Now, how is anyone going to find out about it?

[Smith]

a long shot, but say it turns up in an unfortunate situation. They start tracing it back. sooner or later it will come to you then you got Feds involved. Unlikely, but not worth my time IMO.

[Guest ACMM]

I told the dude to go ahead and pay the transfer fee. It's stil going to be a good deal for him.

[strickj]

oohhh...he is buying from you?protect your ars and do the transfer.dont worry about the extra 25 bucks,its not your money!

[KahrMan]

25 bucks!?! I wouldn't pay more than 15 for a transfer:stir:

[The Rabbi]

25 bucks!?! I wouldn't pay more than 15 for a transfer:stir:

You ever seen a Browning Sweet Sixteen shoved--

Never mind.

I still don't see how anyone is going to trace it back to anything. If the gun were used to assasinate the President or something, maybe.

[dariks]

I think this falls under the category of "Better safe than sorry." For the small amount a FFL transfer would cost, I would just go ahead and do it.

[Guest ACMM]

oohhh...he is buying from you?protect your ars and do the transfer.dont worry about the extra 25 bucks,its not your money!

No, a buddy of mine is buying it from a guy he works with. He's paying for the transfer and still getting one heck of a good deal. I just wanted to make sure he had the correct info to go off.

Thanks everyone.

[Guest abailey362]

Now, how is anyone going to find out about it?

From postings about illegal gun transactions on the interwebs

as everyone else has stated, cover your butt and do it the legal way

[Guest ETS_Inc]

And when you have to ship through an FFL, you should thank James Earl Ray and Sirhan Sirhan. Those two gentlemen, along with Lee Harvey Oswald, are the biggest reason we have to jump this hurdle.

[The Rabbi]

It was primarily Oswald, who bought his Mannlicher Carcano from Sears by mail order. If he had just gone to his local hardware store, none of this would have happened.

[Guest Spuds]

No it is not legal. Now, how is anyone going to find out about it?

Same way the JBTs find out about licensees who don't log in purchases. Those who do it find out how they know in court.

[Guest justluck]

Since I'm relatively new here, I decided to review some old posts and found this one. The subject may have been addressed again in more recent times with more clarity; but, I decided to pass along this:

It is possible to do a face-to-face of sorts with an out of state buyer. It just has to be done in an FFL shop in the buyers state. You can legally transport a handgun to the buyers state (where he is legally able to buy); but, you MUST deliver it to an FFL holder for the background check and transfer. The buyer can meet you there (FTF) and check out the gun and pay you on the spot if he's satisfied and take possession after the FFL guy has completed the transfer.

Verified the above with both the BATF Offices in Birmingham and Huntsville, AL. It's only convenient if both buyer and seller live near each other and want to meet in the middle to reduce/share transportation cost.

[hornett22]

any handgun transaction between any other state HAS to go through a FFL or it's a violation of Federal law. It's even illegal for you to go there or the other person to go to your state so just pay a FFL to do the transfer and be done with it.

Unless you're in the US illegally. Then the laws don't apply to you.

[Guest justluck]

Not sure I totally understand what you're (hornett22) saying.

The transfer MUST be done in the BUYER'S home state. It cannot legally be done in the sellers state. In other words, an individual cannot travel to another state, buy a handgun and transport it home to his state. In this case, the handgun would have to be shipped to an FFL holder in the buyer's state for the transfer. However, what I'm saying is that it is legal for a seller to drive the handgun himself to an FFL shop in the buyer's home state, deliver it to the FFL holder where the buyer can then pay (with the seller standing there watching) the FFL holder to do the transfer and then take delivery of his handgun. The seller, in other words, is taking the place of a UPS/FedEx truck - BUT, the seller MUST deliver the gun to the FFL holder for transfer and the buyer can only take possession from the FFL holder.

As before, this was confirmed with the BATF Offices in Birmingham and Huntsville, AL.

Edited August 12, 2011 by justluck

[Guest kdaousarmy]

whats the law if it was a rifle? cuz a dealer in MS told me i could go to his store and pick up an ar15 ,just gotta pay sales tax.

[Guest justluck]

This link is to the FAQ on the BATF web site. Look at question #2, I think it may help in finding an answer to your question.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html

Edited August 17, 2011 by justluck

[Oh Shoot]

whats the law if it was a rifle? cuz a dealer in MS told me i could go to his store and pick up an ar15 ,just gotta pay sales tax.

Yup. FFL can sell long guns, but not handguns, to those in most other states. Doesn't have to, but can.

However, individual to individual sales of long guns are same as for handguns, must be transferred in state of buyer through FFL.

- OS