Posted: 12/15/2006 8:49:26 PM EDT
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different from my "legal?" thread... i always try to find these answers but never get a solid "yes" or "no" what if someone from ND, wisconsin or iowa were to drive to MN to sell a firearm? legal? reason i ask, my boss at my winter job had an uncle pass away and has alot of firearms left behind... in North Dakota... and my boss is unsure of transporting them, i said it should be legal... but not sure... any personal experience on this? |
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To transport firearms, simply make sure they are unloaded and in a closed case of some sort. Keep them in the back of the vehicle or as much as unaccessable to the occupants as possible. Do not put loaded magazines in the case next to the weapon. With to procedure you should be good to go. CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" Chief Instructor SLR15 Rifles TheDefensiveEdge.com |
Have you tried reading the ATF FAQ? |
Unless you want to have Bubba as a cell mate I would not be any part of this. Transporting across state lines is no problem as long as it is cased and unloaded. |
so what about the BUYER, any trouble on that persons part? |
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Face To Face transaction by residents of the same state are legal. If a resident of ND and MN did a FTF in MN or ND that would be illegal, but is No problem if it is Transfered via a FFL. So you cannot take possession of any of these guns unless they transfered via a FFL. That is why you are asking the question right? |
i dont even know what firearms my boss's uncle had, or if id even be interested, just trying to figure out the rules first. |
If a BUYER buys a firearm FTF in Minnesota as a resident and the seller doesn't represent himself as an out of state seller, the buyer is not in any legal trouble but I wouldn't take the chance. If the seller knowingly either A) sells FTF out of his own state, or B) sells to a KNOWN non-resident he is going to prison. If you know you are dealing with a non-resident of the same state in a FTF transfer, do not proceed. If it can be proven you will attract the attention of people you do not want the attention of. |
I think that was the way that the rules read for many years, but I think that they changed a few years ago. There is a sign at the Sportsmans Warehouse in Woodbury that says something about Wisconsin residents being able to buy handguns there, but I don't remember the exact wording. Maybe I'll go do a little research on that ATFE website. ETA: Looks like I was wrong on that. This is from the ATFE website linked above:
I'll have to read that sign at Sportsmans Warehouse closer. Maybe they have a Wisconsin store & that's how they get around it, by being an FFL in both MN & WI. It sure wouldn't be very convenient for, say, a Hudson resident to buy a handgun in Woodbury & have to pick it up, for example, in Milwaukee. Sportsmans Warehouse, in Woodbury, would have to be able to let the buyer take possession right there for there to be any advantage to the buyer. ETA again: They have locations in DePere, New Berlin, and West Bend, WI, all in the eastern part of WI. |
That sounds more like it... but, wouldn't the FFL be the store owner, or, the corporation??? I didn't think Sportsmans needs to deal with FFL transfers when they are still in inventory like that. (moving a gun from inventory at the woodbury store to a WI store) This is more of a question than legal advise. |