rodbender
Regular Member
I've got 2 rifles that I want to give to my son in Lychburg. Can anyone direct me to a FFL in that area that will take shipments from a private party?
I assume by TRANSFER you mean ship. If they are your SONS property.. just ship them back to him as per his request.
so.. you already gave them to him and he is NOW the owner.. and now you want to just ship him his OWN rifles? I don't see the problem/issueActually, I want to give them to him, as in a gift.
so.. you already gave them to him and he is NOW the owner.. and now you want to just ship him his OWN rifles? I don't see the problem/issue
Play all the semantic games you like. Someone else googles this thread and says, hey it's OK, and you've gone and got them committing a felony.
They are residents of different states at the time of the transfer (gift or purchase makes no difference. To be legal it must go through an FFL dealer. For long guns it can be a dealer in either state, for handguns the FFL must be in the receiver's state.
[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and (5), 922(b)(3), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30]
A person may only acquire a firearm within the person’s own State, except that he or she may purchase or otherwise acquire a rifle or shotgun, in person, at a licensee’s premises in any State, provided the sale complies with State laws applicable in the State of sale and the State where the purchaser resides. A person may borrow or rent a firearm in any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes.
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html
just trying to give the options for any particular circumstance zoom. He could have given them to him 20 years ago and has just been storing them for him
Anyone could justify involving Federal Law between a father and son for any reason.
It feels wrong. There is something fundamentally abhorrent about it.