Actually FFLs can not sell handguns out of state. They MUST be shipped to a dealer in that purchasers state of residence. I think the actuall law comes under interstate commerce or some such thing. Even as a licensed FFL holder I can not go out of state and purchase handguns from anyone, including another FFL, and take possession of said handguns. They MUST be shipped to my licensed premisis under law.
There was a terrible uproar by the ATF several years ago at the guns shows for such instances. Where I live in Pa, we border NJ, and Del, and NY rather close. So dealers would set up in these shows from out of state and sell a handgun to a PA resident. Well they knew that they could not complete the sale, as it would violate the law, so they would "book it out" to a PA dealer for a fee and the Pa dealer would then complete the sale. Bottom line, the feds say that THAT violates the law as even the dealer must ship firearms to the other dealers premisis if the FFL's in question reside is different states! Strange, but true.
Long guns can be sold to anyone in the US assumming that they comply with the current rules and regs of the GCA68 and Brady. Some state laws do not allow it an as a result the state law will out weigh the Fed law as it is the more restrictive of the two.
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