California/Maryland/Massachusetts compliant?

[Bill_in_VA]

Originally Posted by mrerick

Bill, if I remember correctly, under Federal law it's illegal to buy a handgun and have it transferred to you through an FFL in a state where you don't live.

If he lives in Washington DC, he can only accept transfer by a Washington DC FFL.

He is required by District law to register any handgun he has in the District. The FFL cannot transfer it to him until he has the registration certificate and presents it to the FFL at time of pickup.

Since he is a C&R FFL, it may be possible for him to accept the firearm outside the state where he lives, but that action would be so layered in multiple laws that interpreting that is above my pay grade. If he was permitted to accept it when he was out of state, he would have to follow the laws in that state as well as his own. Most states prohibit pistol transfers to out of state residents.

It is true that an individual can only take delivery of an out-of-state handgun via an in-state FFL (or in-District as the case may be.) I can’t speak to whether or not Washington DC considers a C&R FFL adequate to receive a handgun from out of state; clearly some of the liberal states do not. However, once he has it in his possession nothing prevents him from carrying the handgun to another state (provided possession in that state is legal - Virginia is.) At that point, no law prohibits him from storing the gun in a safe deposit box.