My wife is going to give, not sell, her P938 to our son who lives in San Antonio. He told her she can just ship it directly to him since she's not selling it. My Spydie sense tells me this has to be done through FFLs since it's across state lines. I'm not even sure if this can be done within a state assuming both parties live in that state. What do y'all think?
My understanding (and I could be wrong) is that if you are transferring a handgun out of state you need to go through a FFL.
As I understand it, and I'm sure someone here will correct me if I'm wrong, interstate shipping of a firearms between non-licensed individuals is not legal, period. For that matter, transferring it to another individual across state lines without passing thru a FFL is not legal either. There are licensed dealers and lawyers here who will come along and confirm or dispute this.
Must go through an FFL.
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resident of a state to resident of same state - legal, though in my experience, shippers will only ship to an ffl.....one state to a different state must be via a destination ffl....does not have to be an ffl on your end but the person that receives it must use an ffl....and you will need to enclose a copy of your drivers license with the firearm....
This is how I remember it. And I can't recall about selling to someone living in the same state with out of state drivers license. I purchased a lower from a guy in Kansas and called a couple of FFLs and asked them if I could just meet him somewhere in-between they responded don't ask don't tell. Long story short I used an FFL.
There is some very illegal advice above. Transfers by private individuals across state line MUST go through a FFL in the RECEIVERS STATE. Cost or gift is irrelevant. Here is the ATF pamphlet with the law:
https://www.atf.gov/file/58681/download
https://www.atf.gov/file/58681/download
Read this, It will answer everything and tell you how to proceed.
https://www.atf.gov/file/61721/download
https://www.atf.gov/file/61721/download
As mentioned above it is illegal. I makes no sense since firearms are a federally regulated item, but show me a gun control law that does make sense. I think there should at least be an exception for immediate family members but there is not.
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