xquercus
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My wife and I were chatting yesterday. We live in Washington and she is going to visit her father in California in a few weeks. Apparently her father has a .22 cal pistol he intends to gift to her. My wife isn't planning to go through an FFL.
Unless there is some exemption regarding gift transfers between family members I'm not aware of, this seems like an illegal transfer to me. The transfer would be from a resident of California to a resident of Washington State, so this is definitely an interstate transfer. Additionally, my understanding is that in CA, all pistol transfers have to go through an FFL. This would be a violation of CA law as well.
While it seems quite ridiculous, I believe the only legitimate way to accomplish the transfer is for my father-in-law to ship the pistol (via UPS) to a Washington State dealer (FFL) and have him/her do the NICS paperwork, the Washington State handgun transfer paperwork, wait 3 days (she doesn't have a CPL) and finally, pick it up. Does this sound right? (right as in complying with California, Washington, and federal law -- it obviously isn't *right*)
Unless there is some exemption regarding gift transfers between family members I'm not aware of, this seems like an illegal transfer to me. The transfer would be from a resident of California to a resident of Washington State, so this is definitely an interstate transfer. Additionally, my understanding is that in CA, all pistol transfers have to go through an FFL. This would be a violation of CA law as well.
While it seems quite ridiculous, I believe the only legitimate way to accomplish the transfer is for my father-in-law to ship the pistol (via UPS) to a Washington State dealer (FFL) and have him/her do the NICS paperwork, the Washington State handgun transfer paperwork, wait 3 days (she doesn't have a CPL) and finally, pick it up. Does this sound right? (right as in complying with California, Washington, and federal law -- it obviously isn't *right*)