ChefJeff1
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Hi, can an Idaho resident buy a gun in Florida? Legally, of course. Thanks, Jeff
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You can legally purchase any firearm from a FFL dealer in Florida.
However, you can not legally take possession of any Title 2 firearms or handguns that you purchase in Florida.
Title 2 firearms and handguns will need to be shipped to a Idaho FFL dealer.
Unless you have a FFL, you can not purchase and take possession of a firearm from a non-FFL in Florida.
If the firearm is a rifle/shotgun, you and the non-FFL Florida resident can transfer the firearm through a Florida FFL dealer.
If the firearm is a handgun, then it needs to be shipped to a Idaho FFL dealer.
However, you can not legally take possession of any Title 2 firearms or handguns that you purchase in Florida.
Title 2 firearms and handguns will need to be shipped to a Idaho FFL dealer.
Unless you have a FFL, you can not purchase and take possession of a firearm from a non-FFL in Florida.
If the firearm is a rifle/shotgun, you and the non-FFL Florida resident can transfer the firearm through a Florida FFL dealer.
If the firearm is a handgun, then it needs to be shipped to a Idaho FFL dealer.
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ChefJeff1
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I'm still confused. I would buy the gun in Florida and not be taking it back to Idaho. This is not an internet purchase either. It would be in a gun shop.
Oh yeah, one more thing, what's a title 2 firearm?
Oh yeah, one more thing, what's a title 2 firearm?
Sam1911
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Title II of the National Firearms Act of 1934 defined several types of firearms that would be subject to registration and the payment of a $200 tax in order to own. Machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns, destructive devices, silencers, and "any other weapons" like pen guns, smooth-bore handguns, etc.
These things have to be sold and transferred through a Federal Firearms License holder / Special Occupational Tax Class 003 Dealer.
I have a feeling that if you had intended to purchase any of these items, you would have said so.
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If you buy a handgun in Florida (or any other state which is not your state of residence) you could not take possession of it. It would need to be shipped to an FFL in Idaho (your state of residence) and then transferred to you in Idaho by the Idaho FFL in the manner required by Idaho and federal law. I've bought a number of handgun in other states in this way.ChefJeff1 said:
You may, under federal law, buy and take possession, through an FFL, of a long gun in a state that is not your state of residence, if the long gun is legal to possess in your state of residence and if the transfer complies with both the laws of the state you're in (Florida) and your state of residence (Idaho).
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ChefJeff1
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ok, got it. Thanks, Jeff
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