Private Transfer of Firearm Between Two People in Different States

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Not even from Sis?

So if my sister in a different state gives me her old gun next time I visit, she and I are both technically in legal trouble?
 
So if my sister in a different state gives me her old gun next time I visit, she and I are both technically in legal trouble?
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Yep.

But what the law says is one thing, what can be enforced is another.

When did your sister get the gun? Did you live in the same state then? What record exists to prove that she didn't give you the gun then?

Since the law requires that all interstate transfers go through an FFL, I don't in any way mean to suggest that you shouldn't go through an FFL on such a transfer.

But if you didn't, you'd be unlikely to be prosecuted.
 
o boy.

Technically, she probably gave it to me about 10 years ago, "but you have to learn how to shoot before you can have it."

So did she just pack it accidentally?

But I'm not tough/stupid/heroic (circle your choice) enough to get into a federal battle over what can be used in an indictmment vs what will get a conviction vs what they will not bother to enforce.

It seems a shame (to put it mildly) that the feds think my sister and I don't know each other well enough to trade guns. I suspect that would apply to my mom as well - my goodness.
 
Not that I would advocate breaking any laws, but if there is no paperwork involved, you know who you are dealing with, etc, a private sale should be possible.
The key to that is, of course, to make sure that you keep it entirely private!
 
Also note that the transfer laws don’t apply to the loan or rental of a firearm. The law says “for temporary use…†but hey, temporary is a relative term…isn’t it? :D
 
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