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Posted: 1/19/2020 8:50:13 PM EDT

I’d like to boost their sales numbers.

NC resident, what can I purchase in VA tomorrow?

Rules, regs, etc.

Also and nice shops not too far from the border. I’d be heading north from Raleigh.

Thanks!!!

Posted: 1/19/2020 10:23:47 PM EDT

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By federal law, it can only be a long gun. Not sure if they have anything at a local level that restricts it more than that.

Posted: 1/19/2020 10:52:34 PM EDT

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Ive bought a few rifles over the years. I found out you can not buy AR lowers.

Posted: 1/20/2020 10:16:07 AM EDT

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Green Top Sporting Goods just off the Hwy in Richmond is good...very nice selection. They are at the exit just beyond where I-95 and I-295 (the bypass around Richmond) merge as you are heading to DC.

Posted: 1/21/2020 9:28:23 AM EDT

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Yep...and it doesn’t matter if they’re stripped, or complete, or any stage in between.

Posted: 1/21/2020 7:36:45 PM EDT

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Ive bought a few rifles over the years. I found out you can not buy AR lowers.

Yep...and it doesn’t matter if they’re stripped, or complete, or any stage in between.

Yeah its some weird law they have about selling ARs to out of staters. Sucks cause I’ve found some great deals over the years.

Posted: 1/21/2020 7:55:53 PM EDT

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Yeah its some weird law they have about selling ARs to out of staters. Sucks cause I’ve found some great deals over the years.

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“Some weird law”?

It’s the Gun Control Act of 1968 which prohibited buying anything out of state and then the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 which made exceptions for long guns.

Pretty major legislation for the firearms industry. Add the NFA of 1934 and you probably have the biggest three pieces of legislation.

And since a lower is an “other firearm” instead of a “long gun”, it’s not exempt.

Posted: 1/22/2020 3:17:14 AM EDT

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You can purchase anything in most states. Generally speaking, if it is a long gun, you can buy and walk out of the store with it. If it is a handgun, you will need to have it transferred to an FFL in your home state.

Posted: 1/22/2020 3:22:25 AM EDT

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“Some weird law”?

It’s the Gun Control Act of 1968 which prohibited buying anything out of state and then the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 which made exceptions for long guns.

Pretty major legislation for the firearms industry. Add the NFA of 1934 and you probably have the biggest three pieces of legislation.

And since a lower is an “other firearm” instead of a “long gun”, it’s not exempt.

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Yeah its some weird law they have about selling ARs to out of staters. Sucks cause I’ve found some great deals over the years.

“Some weird law”?

It’s the Gun Control Act of 1968 which prohibited buying anything out of state and then the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 which made exceptions for long guns.

Pretty major legislation for the firearms industry. Add the NFA of 1934 and you probably have the biggest three pieces of legislation.

And since a lower is an “other firearm” instead of a “long gun”, it’s not exempt.

AR lowers used to be sold to out of staters on a regular basis. Just a few years ago, the ATF put out a letter forcing dealers to treat AR receiver sales like pistols in a sense. They didn't require a pistol license, but the purchaser must reside in the same state where the sale took place, and they must be 21, like a pistol.

Posted: 1/22/2020 8:54:40 AM EDT

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“Some weird law”?

It’s the Gun Control Act of 1968 which prohibited buying anything out of state and then the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 which made exceptions for long guns.

Pretty major legislation for the firearms industry. Add the NFA of 1934 and you probably have the biggest three pieces of legislation.

And since a lower is an “other firearm” instead of a “long gun”, it’s not exempt.

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I thought it was a VA thing. AS you can't buy any AR even a long gun. Some gun store explained the law to me.

Posted: 1/27/2020 1:49:22 PM EDT

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Sorry about any hijack here but let what’s posted sink in.
1934, 1968 - various rulings based in those laws over time.

This is where gun owners need to envision the long game. Didn’t get this way overnight. Most of us weren’t alive in 1938. Many not in 1968.
Wont be fixed soon. It’ll always be a struggle. Push back politically wisely and relentlessly.

Oh and I hope you find something cool to you to buy!