It came as something of a surprise to me a number of years ago when I found this out. Non-citizens can buy guns if they have a Green Card. But today, I did a private transfer to a non-citizen who didn't have a Green Card. He is a UW student here on a student visa. He's bought guns here in Wash. legally before. Long guns, as he's age 20, not quite old enough to buy a pistol. He came to the dealer with a folder full of paperwork, passport, Wash. state hunting license and I don't know what-all. The dealer hadn't done this before either but the student had a Wash. driver's license so there was an ID number to plug in. The fellow gave me the money, the dealer said it was okay for me to shove off so I did. And he didn't call back so I guess the deal was done.
I asked the student, "Can you take this home when you go back?" He said, "Are you kidding? You can't own any guns privately there."
I asked the student, "Can you take this home when you go back?" He said, "Are you kidding? You can't own any guns privately there."