FTF transfer across state lines?

[Pony Express]

Hello folks,
I am aware that you cannot transfer handguns ftf, however I am under the impression that you can transfer long arms ftf across state lines so long as the state you are in borders the state you will buy buying/selling your long arm in. I haven't been able to find any statues on this so I reckoned I'd come here and see if anybody knew or had a database that I could look this up. If it matters I am in CT trying to buy in NYS

Thanks,

 

[kingpin008]

FTF transfers between residents of differing states are illegal on the Federal level, regardless of the type of firearm. An individual can buy a long arm in a state that is not their own, provided it is sold through a FFL.

So, unless you're purchasing through a FFL, it's a no-go

 

[razorback2003]

You can buy the long gun from someone who is from a different state, but would need an FFL to process the transaction. I know plenty of folks who have done this when buying guns from gunbroker.com. The FFL charges 20-40 dollars and you fill out the 4473 at your FFL.

 

[Sam1911]

Any firearm being sold to someone in a different state has to go through a FFL. A long gun can be transferred by a dealer in any state. A handgun has to be transferred by a dealer in the buyer's home state.

...across state lines so long as the state you are in borders the state you will buy buying/selling your long arm in...

The contiguous states concept applied before the FOPA went into effect in 1986. After the GCA '68, you could only buy rifles or shotguns from dealers in states that bordered your own. FOPA '86 made it so you can do so from a dealer in any state so long as you followed all the laws in BOTH states.

 

[leadcounsel]

Illegal unless the firearm is a C&R and you are a C&R licensee.

 

[TexasRifleman]

however I am under the impression that you can transfer long arms ftf across state lines so long as the state you are in borders the state you will buy buying/selling your long arm in.

The confusion in this comes from some older language in the law that said you could only buy firearms in contiguous states. Still required an FFL but the state had to be contiguous to your own. That language has been gone from the law for many years now but people still have some confusion over that.

ETA: Missed Sam's explanation of this, sorry.