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Posted: 7/15/2011 2:25:27 PM EDT
| I have an old Ruger P89 that I want to give to my Father-In-Law. He lives in another state but will be driving out here for a visit. What steps do I need to take to make sure it's all legal? thanks guys for any input. |
| The pistol needs to be shipped to an FFL in your FIL's home state for transfer to him. You can not send it USPS, so your options are UPS or FedEx overnight. Depending on how much your local FFL charges for transfers it may be cheaper for him to ship it USPS for you. |
| I'd just give it to him when he visits, don't know why you'd ship it to him if he's gonna be right in front of you. I'd check to make sure the law allows private transfers in your state first, but I don't see what the problem would be otherwise. I'm not an FFL though. I've given my dad a gun for most B-day and X-mas presents and he lives in another state, he just registers it when he gets home (they require registration in his state). |
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I'd just give it to him when he visits, don't know why you'd ship it to him if he's gonna be right in front of you. I'd check to make sure the law allows private transfers in your state first, but I don't see what the problem would be otherwise. I'm not an FFL though. I've given my dad a gun for most B-day and X-mas presents and he lives in another state, he just registers it when he gets home (they require registration in his state). You're sure not. =) Private transfers of firearms are NOT legal between residents of two different states. The firearm MUST go to a dealer in the recipent's home state. The only exception would be if it was a C&R firearm and the recipent held a C&R license, or if the recipient was a legal heir (pretty sure, not 100% on that one). You can gift a firearm to someone who resides in your own state by just giving it to them (as long as the state allows private transfers). If they live in another state, it MUST go to an FFL in their state. |
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I'd just give it to him when he visits, don't know why you'd ship it to him if he's gonna be right in front of you. I'd check to make sure the law allows private transfers in your state first, but I don't see what the problem would be otherwise. I'm not an FFL though. I've given my dad a gun for most B-day and X-mas presents and he lives in another state, he just registers it when he gets home (they require registration in his state). You and your father commited a federal crime. Don't compound your mistake by advising someone else to do the same. |
| Well, like I said, I'm not an FFL, and I didn't advise him to do as I did, I said what I would do, followed by "I'm not an FFL". Good to know after the fact, but my dad is a resident of the state I live in, he's just lives in another state because that's where the military installation he works at is located. So I didn't commit a crime, but had he not been military I suppose I would have. Anyhow, I got some clarification for myself as well as the OP which is what I was looking for as the question piqued my curiosity. Thanks for the education! |
| And in retrospect, I suppose it could come across as advice, but it was more of thinking out loud. It was not meant to be advice, but questioning the reason for shipping to an FFL out of state. Not being an FFL holder myself I was curious and figured someone in this particular thread would be quick to reply, which they were. Either way, i apologize if my post came across as advice, I would never intentionally advise someone to do something illegal nor would I actually give advice without knowing the law regarding the question. I just posted was I thinking and thought I was obvious about leaving many questions myself, but apparently not. I will be more clear in the future. I suppose it would have been useful to mention the military connection and the fact that my dad is still a resident of CO, just living in another state, but didn't feel my post would be misinterpreted as actual advice. ( Hence the clear statement "I'm not an FFL"). Sorry for the confusion |
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