Transfer question...

[Handsome Rob]

Sorry if this has been asked before, or if I'm asking in the wrong place.

 

What is the legal constraints of being gifted a long gun, A.) in another State & B.) from an out of State visitor?

 

I'm driving down to Georgia this weekend & I have a friend that wants to give me an old rifle (A rolling block Remington in .43 Spanish) & I have another (I'm a lucky bastard!) coming down from Michigan who has a rifle for me too.

Both of these are genuinely gifts to me & no cash is being tranfered in any way, shape or form. Will I need to go through a Ga FFL for the Remington, or will it have to be checked through a Tn FFL?

What about the rifle coming from Michigan (I have no clue what it is. It's a birthday present)

Edited August 2, 2013 by robtattoo

[Oh Shoot]

Private gift or private sale of any firearm between residents of different states is illegal regardless of where it occurs, as per federal law.

 

Loaning for lawful sporting purposes is okay, no time limit specified.

 

If you want to do it through FFL, long guns can be transferred and possession taken in any state, as long as that state, and the states of the transferer and the transferee have no law against it, and the FFL agrees to do it. Handguns must be received through FFL in the recipient's state only.

 

Wouldn't think it would be a prob finding one in GA to transfer the GA rifle to you, not sure about Michigan law though, but guess the FFL is supposed to.

 

Or accept them as loans, as long as the other folks are very clear on that distinction in the unlikely event push ever came to shove.

 

- OS

Edited August 2, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Handsome Rob]

Private gift or private sale of any firearm between residents of different states is illegal regardless of where it occurs, as per federal law.

 

 

 

- OS

 

I did not know that! Even if transferred through an FFL???

[Fourtyfive]

FFL to FFL ONLY for permanent transfer state to state.

[Oh Shoot]

Private gift or private sale of any firearm between residents of different states is illegal regardless of where it occurs, as per federal law.

I did not know that! Even if transferred through an FFL???

It's no longer private if transferred through an FFL. :)
Reread what I wrote.

 

FFL to FFL ONLY for permanent transfer state to state.

Not so at all. By federal law anyone may purchase/receive a long gun in any state through FFL and take possession of it in that state. Some states have additional restrictions but the vast majority do not.

 

Even in the case of handgun, only an FFL in the recipient's state is required, handgun can be shipped or physically brought there by seller/gifter.

- OS

Edited August 2, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Handsome Rob]

It's no longer private if transferred through an FFL. :)
Reread what I wrote.

- OS

 

Doi (facepalm) Sorry, I misunderstoodlified!  :slap:

[cannoncocker]

Was the Remington manufactured prior to January 1,1899?  If so, it may qualify as an antique and not be considered a firearm subject to BATFE transfer rules.