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Some of this is spread out in several threads, but it really needs to be collected in one place
Feds have regulated interstate transfer since 1968 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968 and https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg...l/USCODE-2019-title18-partI-chap44-sec922.htm
A transfer is any action that results in the series 'A had a gun, now B has it' - examples: sale, loan, trade, inheritance
An interstate transfer is one from a resident of one state to a resident of a different state; the geographic location of the gun or the parties involved is not relevant to the law.
Inheritance means the donor is dead, (That works better when there is a will stating 'Grandson Bob Smith is to receive my Colt Python, sn 99999'; 'everybody knows Gramps wanted Bobby to have the Python' is much less good.) Fedlaw says inheritance from whomever is exempt from the FFL requirement of interstate transfer
Transfer from living Gramps to Bobby is probably legal, but it is not inheritance, and would require using an FFL if, say, Gramps lives in Oregon and Bobby lives in Idaho. (Any two different states)
That's the same requirement for any living transferor to a transferee who lives in a different state. It's in 18 USC 922(a)(5). It does not matter if the state where you currently may be has no-FFL-transfer - that applies to folks who live in that state, not visitors.
Interstate transfer of a handgun requires using an FFL in the state of residence of the transferee.
A violation of 18 USC (a)(5) is punishable by
-- 5 years in prison and/or
-- $10,000 fine and
-- lifetime loss of gun rights, as a convicted felon.
That's per gun and for all participants in the activity.
Now that you know, you get to decide what to do. I suspect this law is the most commonly violated gun law in the country, because it does not make sense, so it just would not occur to anyone
Feds have regulated interstate transfer since 1968 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968 and https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg...l/USCODE-2019-title18-partI-chap44-sec922.htm
A transfer is any action that results in the series 'A had a gun, now B has it' - examples: sale, loan, trade, inheritance
An interstate transfer is one from a resident of one state to a resident of a different state; the geographic location of the gun or the parties involved is not relevant to the law.
Inheritance means the donor is dead, (That works better when there is a will stating 'Grandson Bob Smith is to receive my Colt Python, sn 99999'; 'everybody knows Gramps wanted Bobby to have the Python' is much less good.) Fedlaw says inheritance from whomever is exempt from the FFL requirement of interstate transfer
Transfer from living Gramps to Bobby is probably legal, but it is not inheritance, and would require using an FFL if, say, Gramps lives in Oregon and Bobby lives in Idaho. (Any two different states)
That's the same requirement for any living transferor to a transferee who lives in a different state. It's in 18 USC 922(a)(5). It does not matter if the state where you currently may be has no-FFL-transfer - that applies to folks who live in that state, not visitors.
Interstate transfer of a handgun requires using an FFL in the state of residence of the transferee.
A violation of 18 USC (a)(5) is punishable by
-- 5 years in prison and/or
-- $10,000 fine and
-- lifetime loss of gun rights, as a convicted felon.
That's per gun and for all participants in the activity.
Now that you know, you get to decide what to do. I suspect this law is the most commonly violated gun law in the country, because it does not make sense, so it just would not occur to anyone
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