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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 1460530" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>Q: From whom may an unlicensed person acquire a firearm under the GCA? </p><p><strong>A person may only acquire a firearm within the person’s own State, except that he or she may purchase or otherwise acquire a rifle or shotgun, in person, at a licensee’s premises in any State, </strong>provided the sale complies with State laws applicable in the State of sale and the State where the purchaser resides. A person may borrow or rent a firearm in any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes.</p><p></p><p>[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and (5), 922(b)(3), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30]</p><p><a href="http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html#gca-unlicensed-acquire" target="_blank">http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html#gca-unlicensed-acquire</a></p><p></p><p><strong>You need to get a driver's license that matches your state of legal residence and shows your correct address to buy a handgun from a FFL, and you must receive the handgun in your home state.</strong> Your ID must show your correct physical address to legally buy a handgun. Putting a false address on the 4473 is a Federal felony, and the dealer is not allowed to sell the gun if the given address and ID don't match.</p><p> <strong>EXCEPTION for active military: </strong>Copy of current PCS orders showing assignment to OK and a military ID suffice. Does not apply to dependents.</p><p></p><p>ADDED: This ATF gun show handout is a great synopsis of Fed gun sale laws.</p><p><a href="http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/i/atf-i-5300-23a.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/i/atf-i-5300-23a.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 1460530, member: 796"] Q: From whom may an unlicensed person acquire a firearm under the GCA? [B]A person may only acquire a firearm within the person’s own State, except that he or she may purchase or otherwise acquire a rifle or shotgun, in person, at a licensee’s premises in any State, [/B]provided the sale complies with State laws applicable in the State of sale and the State where the purchaser resides. A person may borrow or rent a firearm in any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes. [18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and (5), 922(b)(3), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30] [url]http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html#gca-unlicensed-acquire[/url] [B]You need to get a driver's license that matches your state of legal residence and shows your correct address to buy a handgun from a FFL, and you must receive the handgun in your home state.[/B] Your ID must show your correct physical address to legally buy a handgun. Putting a false address on the 4473 is a Federal felony, and the dealer is not allowed to sell the gun if the given address and ID don't match. [B]EXCEPTION for active military: [/B]Copy of current PCS orders showing assignment to OK and a military ID suffice. Does not apply to dependents. ADDED: This ATF gun show handout is a great synopsis of Fed gun sale laws. [url]http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/i/atf-i-5300-23a.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]
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