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Private transfer to California resident?

exp15

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, Arizona, USA
Hello,


I have a good friend who goes to college in AZ but only has a CA license. I've been shooting with him quite a bit and would like to give him one of my firearms because he's not able to purchase from an FFL being a CA resident. He has no intentions of going back to CA after college, would I legally be able to 'transfer' or even just 'lend' him a pistol while he's in AZ? Or would he have to get an AZ ID card or drivers license?


Thanks
 

EMNofSeattle

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S. Kitsap, Washington state
Title 18 USC 44. 922

(It shall be unlawful)
for any person (other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed 8
collector) to transfer, sell, trade, give,
transport, or deliver any firearm to any
person (other than a licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer,
or licensed collector) who the transferor
knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in (or if the person
is a corporation or other business entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State
in which the
transferor resides; except that this
paragraph shall not apply to (A) the
transfer, transportation, or delivery of a
firearm made to carry out a bequest of
a firearm to, or an acquisition by intestate succession of a firearm by, a person who is permitted to acquire or
possess a firearm under the laws of the
State of his residence, and (B) the loan
or rental of a firearm to any person for
temporary use for lawful sporting purposes;


If he has a valid address in AZ he probably resides there. so you could sell him a firearm

Also you may lend a firearm to him according to that statute

*I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, my internet expertise is no substitute for the advice of a competent attorney licensed to practice law in your state.
 
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