Can you ship a handgun with state with no FFL?

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If I bought a handgun from someone that also lives in Indiana, does it have to go through an FFL? I can go to someone's house and just buy their personal gun with no FFL so why would shipping it be any different as long as we used a common carrier like Fed-Ex? Thanks.

 

[Regolith]

EDIT: My bad. I got it wrong. You can so long as you use a contract or common courier.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#b8

A nonlicensee may ship a firearm by a common or contract carrier to a resident of his or her own State or to a licensee in any State. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun. In addition, Federal law requires that the carrier be notified that the shipment contains a firearm and prohibits common or contract carriers from requiring or causing any label to be placed on any package indicating that it contains a firearm.

[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(2)(A), 922(a) (3), 922(a)(5) and 922(e), 27 CFR 478.31 and 478.30]

 

[joab]

Yeah I just went through this

You can ship in state by UPS or Fed Ex

 

[AntiqueCollector]

You'll be fine. As long as it is not going across state lines you're safe.

 

[CDignition]

Yep..In the same state all is good(unless you live in a state that doesn't allow private sales)...

 

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Cool. That is some good info that will help. Thanks guys.