Shipping Long Guns interstate

[TX1911fan]

This has probably been asked and answered a bunch of times, but I searched and couldn't find the answer (my research skills probably suck).

My friend's father is giving him a rifle and a shotgun. The father lives in Utah, the son in Texas. Can the father just ship the guns to the son, or do they have to go to an FFL? I know handguns have to go through FFLs, but am not sure about long guns.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Car Knocker]

do they have to go to an FFL?

Yes, on the receiving end.

18 USC 922

(a) It shall be unlawful—

(3) for any person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to transport into or receive in the State where he resides (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, the State where it maintains a place of business) any firearm purchased or otherwise obtained by such person outside that State, except that this paragraph (A) shall not preclude any person who lawfully acquires a firearm by bequest or intestate succession in a State other than his State of residence from transporting the firearm into or receiving it in that State, if it is lawful for such person to purchase or possess such firearm in that State, (B) shall not apply to the transportation or receipt of a firearm obtained in conformity with subsection (b)(3) of this section, and (C) shall not apply to the transportation of any firearm acquired in any State prior to the effective date of this chapter;

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000922----000-.html