Can a Georgia resident by a rifle in Florida?

[Lone_Gunman]

thanks in advance

 

[Quiet]

Due to Federal laws...

If the rifle is purchased from a FL FFL dealer, then the GA resident can legally purchase & recieve a rifle in FL, as long as the sale of the rifle complys with both FL & GA state laws.

If the rifle is purchased from a FL resident who is not a FFL, then the GA resident can legally purchase the rifle but can not legally recieve the rifle in FL. The FL resident will have to send the rifle to a GA FFL dealer, who then transfers (4473/NICS) it to the GA resident.

Also, handguns and other firearms must be transfered via a FFL dealer in the recipiant's state of residence.

 

[NavyLCDR]

If the rifle is purchased from a FL resident who is not a FFL, then the GA resident can legally purchase the rifle but can not legally recieve the rifle in FL. The FL resident will have to send the rifle to a GA FFL dealer, who then transfers (4473/NICS) it to the GA resident.

There is no legal requirement to ship the rifle to a GA FFL for the transfer. They could both meet at a Florida FFL and do the transfer.

 

[natman]

It's correct that you can transfer/buy a LONG gun at an out of state FFL as long as it's legal to do so according to the laws of BOTH states.

However, as a practical matter I would strongly suggest that if you plan to do so, that you contact the FFL involved well in advance. Don't be surprised if an FFL in Georgia isn't current on Oregon's gun laws. Do your homework first.

 

[exavid]

If someone came to my house to purchase a firearm from me I'm not sure I'd be so impolite as to ask him where he came for. I would ask if he was legally qualified to own a firearm though I have no way to determine whether he was lying. In Oregon you don't need any paperwork for a face to face sale between residents.

 

[Sam1911]

If someone came to my house to purchase a firearm from me I'm not sure I'd be so impolite as to ask him where he came from.

Well the law says you may not transfer the weapon to someone you know or have reasonable cause to believe is not a resident of your state. If you really feel confident that you could successfully argue your own defense of igorance, you may be safe with that.

'Course if you made the deal over the hood of his car, just over his out-of-state license plate, or if there's some record in an email conversation where he mentioned directions to your house from his place just over the line ... or if he's an ATF agent fishing for a sucker, that might not work out well.

(And, of course, if you DO sell to the guy and he takes it back home with him, then he's committing his own federal felony, but maybe that's not your concern.)

Not saying that you have to go one step beyond what the law requires, but you should know exactly where you stand when you're toes are that close to the line.

 

[tnxdshooter]

About the only way to do this that I know of is to purchase it from said dealer in one state (for example Georgia) from the gun dealer there. Then have it shipped to a local FFL in your area (for example Florida). At which time the FFL in your area does your background check and transfer. From what I have long understood it is a federal offense to purchase a firearm in one state and transport it across state lines into another state. I am no lawyer and could be wrong but this is what I have been told in every gun class I have ever taken.

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[Sam1911]

About the only way to do this that I know of is to purchase it from said dealer in one state (for example Georgia) from the gun dealer there. Then have it shipped to a local FFL in your area (for example Florida). At which time the FFL in your area does your background check and transfer. From what I have long understood it is a federal offense to purchase a firearm in one state and transport it across state lines into another state. I am no lawyer and could be wrong but this has what I have been told in every gun class I have ever taken.

That is true for handguns. Rifles and shotguns may be purchased from a dealer in ANY state so long as the laws of both your state and the state in which you are buying are followed.

(Now, that's not always possible, as some states have laws that prohibit such sales, but it works for the vast majority of them.)

 

[NavyLCDR]

About the only way to do this that I know of is to purchase it from said dealer in one state (for example Georgia) from the gun dealer there. Then have it shipped to a local FFL in your area (for example Florida). At which time the FFL in your area does your background check and transfer. From what I have long understood it is a federal offense to purchase a firearm in one state and transport it across state lines into another state. I am no lawyer and could be wrong but this is what I have been told in every gun class I have ever taken.

Might as well just post it (again)....

18 USC 922 (b)(3), Federal law:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/usc_sec_18_00000922----000-.html

§ 922. Unlawful acts
(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver—
(3) any firearm to any person who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State in which the licensee’s place of business is located, except that this paragraph (A) shall not apply to the sale or delivery of any rifle or shotgun to a resident of a State other than a State in which the licensee’s place of business is located if the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the transfer, and the sale, delivery, and receipt fully comply with the legal conditions of sale in both such States (and any licensed manufacturer, importer or dealer shall be presumed, for purposes of this subparagraph, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have had actual knowledge of the State laws and published ordinances of both States)

And before anyone even thinks about "contiguous states," that provision in Federal law went away in a 1986 amendment to 18 USC 922.

 

[Josh45]

Well, My father is from Florida and bought a rifle from a LGS here in GA. Without any problems. Asked them if it was legal, Said it was. Went thru the check and everything was OK.