Buying a gun: What is a legal residence address?

[whughett]

Autos aren’t guns but what constitutes residency on a state level should be uniform. This past summer we decided the wife needed her own car for the six months we live in Rhode Island. To avoid the hassle of registering in Florida and because it will spend 6 months sitting in a drive way in RI we registered it in RI. Dealer couldn’t do it for us, for some reason the state couldn’t find us in their data base even thought the wife is in the states pension system,and the car was purchased in her name. and we have owned and occupied the same house for 50 years. Took two trips to the registry to find out we needed two pieces of evidence to support the fact that we live there six months of the year. Utility bills sufficed.
You can bet your boots the yearly personal property tax bill will be in the mail come May.

 

[weasleyhr]

Well, I've had another thought.

This summer I'll be going somewhere else to work. At that time I can have a legitimate place of residence, and there's no reason I can't wait a few months to buy whatever gun I want. It seems unlikely there's going to be a big new gun control law passed before then...

Sometimes it helps to have a sounding board, just to get my thoughts in order. So thanks, dudes. With that, I'm signing off.

 

[rodregier]

Having earlier researched the lack of regulatory support for 2A rights for American ex-pats visiting the United States,
there seems to be a similar lack of regulatory recognition of Americans trying to live a mobile lifestyle.

It all flows back to how GCA'68 was drafted.

Since both affected groups are a minority, it seems unlikely there is any political will to resolve those issues :-(

 

[Theohazard]

DogTownTom Texas State laws, May differ from individual state law’s especially Rhode Island and Massachusetts, in Rhode Island residency is a requirement, not necessarily property ownership. To purchase a hand gun one needs a “blue card” issued by the state.

Tom hasn’t once mentioned Texas law in this thread. He’s referring to federal law, which must be followed by all dealers in every state. State laws can be more restrictive, but not less so.

 

[whughett]

DTT profile lists Texas as “from”. perhaps my reference originated from that.