TN law governing private sales

[Guest jimg]

I searched here and as well as I could thru the TN statutes and didnt find any law(s) governing private sales of firearms in TN. Did I miss them? I did find the 'bill of sale' pdf posted here which Im going to use. Does TN impose any other requirements?

[Guest bkelm18]

I searched here and as well as I could thru the TN statutes and didnt find any law(s) governing private sales of firearms in TN. Did I miss them? I did find the 'bill of sale' pdf posted here which Im going to use. Does TN impose any other requirements?

You can sell a handgun or rifle face to face to any TN resident, otherwise it must go through an FFL. Other than that, there really aren't many laws regarding private transactions.

[molonlabetn]

I searched here and as well as I could thru the TN statutes and didnt find any law(s) governing private sales of firearms in TN. Did I miss them? I did find the 'bill of sale' pdf posted here which Im going to use. Does TN impose any other requirements?

Private sales do not require an FFL, as long as you are not aware that the person buying the firearm from you is a minor, intoxicated, a felon, or otherwise ineligable to possess the firearm.

http://www.michie.com/tennessee/lpext.dll/tncode/e501/ed40/eff5/f001?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates&2.0

http://www.michie.com/tennessee/lpext.dll/tncode/e501/ed40/eff5/f03f?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm&2.0#JD_39-17-1316

[Guest jimg]

OK, thanx. I understood I didnt have to be an FFL or go thru one but in other places Ive lived there were record keeping requirements + the burden to 'know' the buyer. Thanx for the help and links.

ETA: Just to clarify my question was about selling a firearm to a TN resident.

[Guest SomeGuy]

Do you have to go through an FFL to transfer a rifle or shotgun to a non-TN resident? I know pistols must, but I am not sure about long arms.

[The Rabbi]

Do you have to go through an FFL to transfer a rifle or shotgun to a non-TN resident? I know pistols must, but I am not sure about long arms.

No, you don't. You wont find any TN laws on this because TN law follows federal law.

[Guest ETS_Inc]

The best thing to do is follow Federal law. You can find the pertinent answers here: http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#b1, at the ATF's Firearms FAQ page.

A quick synopsis:

In order to sell a gun to a resident of another State, you MUST go through an FFL. That means a resident of Alabama CAN NOT legally buy a firearm, be it a rifle, shotgun, or handgun, from a non-licensee in TN. Not even at the Nashville gun show. That AL resident can buy a long gun from an FFL here in TN, though. If you, a TN resident, want to sell a gun to an AL resident, you must arrange to transfer it through an FFL. If it's a handgun, you must ship it to an FFL in AL. If it were a long gun, you could do the transfer through a TN FFL, say at the gun show.

There is no requirement to go through an FFL to sell a gun to another resident of your State.