I was wondering about what the law was regarding a non-FFL holder selling and shipping a firearm to a non-FFL buyer within the state of Texas. Does anyone know or have the specific law that would apply to this readily available in the form of a link where I could see it?
To clarify what I'm talking about by giving a for instance : Say that Mr. Smith who lives in DFW has a gun for sale in the classifieds section of a Dallas newspaper and Mr. Jones who lives in Houston sees the ad and offers to buy the gun over the phone or through the net, but he says it's too far for a FTF meeting and he says that it's legal to ship the firearm from one non-FFL to another just so long as within the State.
Is he wrong in saying that it's legal to ship a firearm to a new buyer just so long as it's WITHIN the state?
To me it seems like it would be legal since it's completely legal for two private parties to meet FTF and to buy and sell a firearm just so long as they're not crossing state lines, but I'm not absolutely sure about it and maybe there's some law that I've never heard of that forbids this.
Or is he incorrect and it's illegal for two private parties to exchange a firearm even though there's no INTER-State Commerce involved in the transaction?
I tried a search before posting this thread just in case it's already been covered (it probably has at some point and I'm just not finding it), but perhaps I'm using the wrong key words.
To clarify what I'm talking about by giving a for instance : Say that Mr. Smith who lives in DFW has a gun for sale in the classifieds section of a Dallas newspaper and Mr. Jones who lives in Houston sees the ad and offers to buy the gun over the phone or through the net, but he says it's too far for a FTF meeting and he says that it's legal to ship the firearm from one non-FFL to another just so long as within the State.
Is he wrong in saying that it's legal to ship a firearm to a new buyer just so long as it's WITHIN the state?
To me it seems like it would be legal since it's completely legal for two private parties to meet FTF and to buy and sell a firearm just so long as they're not crossing state lines, but I'm not absolutely sure about it and maybe there's some law that I've never heard of that forbids this.
Or is he incorrect and it's illegal for two private parties to exchange a firearm even though there's no INTER-State Commerce involved in the transaction?
I tried a search before posting this thread just in case it's already been covered (it probably has at some point and I'm just not finding it), but perhaps I'm using the wrong key words.