Scoutmaster
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Does anyone know the legalities of shipping a handgun from California to my father in Utah? Do I need to go through FFL's in both states, in CA only, or can I just ship by common carrier?
Misleading.mac66 said:You could legally ship it to yourself at your father's house. Technically you would have to use a FFL to transfer the ownership of a firearm to your father.
1 a : the act of having or taking into control...
...Transfer encompasses the sale and every other method, direct or indirect, of (1) disposing of property or an interest therein or possession thereof;...
2. Law To make over the possession or legal title of; convey.
Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. ...
(a) It shall be unlawful—
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(3) for any person, ... to transport into or receive in the State where he resides ...any firearm purchased or otherwise obtained by such person outside that State,...
(a) It shall be unlawful—
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(5) for any person ... to transfer, sell, trade, give, transport, or deliver any firearm to any person ...who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in ... the State in which the transferor resides..;
You both become eligible for up to five years in a federal slammer, plus, of course, the ever coveted lifetime loss of gun rights.Scoutmaster said:For Frank Ettin:
Let me ask a related question. What if my father gave me the gun many years ago and I drove it back to Utah myself and gave it back to him. The gun is CA legal, nether my father or I are prohibited people under state or federal laws.
(And I live in Silicon Valley)