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Tess wrote:
hometheaterman wrote:
If I'm selling it to someone I know out of state can we both just go down to a FFL dealer and fill out the paperwork to avoid the whole shipping hassle?
If you transport it to HIS state (legally) you may be able to do this. It must be an FFL in his state.
This is true for handguns, but not long guns.
Unless the laws of either state forbid it, you can take your long gun and go together to the nearest FFL Dealer, and do the transfer there. It doesn't even have to be in either state of residence, it could be a FFL in some third state, if that's where you happened to be. (Just to be technical about it, the seller transfers the long gun to the dealer, who then transfers it to the buyer as if he were the actual seller.)
But for handguns, yes, it must be an FFL in the buyer's state of residence. Even if it's a gift, it's a transfer, so he doesn't have to actually be
buying the gun from you.
You don't have to have an FFL to send the pistol to the recipient's FFL, but it may be cheaper to pay a local FFL to do so for you. That's because you can only use UPS or FedEx, and they will only allow you to send it next-day air, which will probably cost $50-70 with insurance. An FFL has other shipping options, including USPS, which cost less.