Is this illegal?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Blm14740

From the ATF website:

"A person may transfer a firearm to an unlicensed resident of their state, provided the transferor does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the transferee is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under federal law. There may be state laws that regulate intrastate firearm transactions. A person considering transferring a firearm should contact their State Attorney General’s Office to inquire about the laws and possible state or local restrictions.

Generally, for a person to lawfully transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person who resides out of state, the firearm must be shipped to a federal firearms licensee (FFL) within the transferee’s state of residence. The transferee may then receive the firearm from the FFL upon completion of an ATF Form 4473 and a NICS background check."

-Brandon

"Transfer" is a specific process, so I wouldn't read the first part of this to mean that you'd be fine driving a gun out of state and just giving it to someone. Tread carefully and accurately informed.

States' Rights gives us the mish-mash we have. Regulatory pi**ing contests among and between states also impresses me as a thing.

What I'd like to see is evidence-based policy. My state's former governor railroaded the "S.A.F.E. Act" through as an executive order on a Sunday night, bereft of any public input. It's basically magazine capacity restrictions, registering the dreaded, so-called "Assault Weapons" with the state police, and a ridiculous requirement for a state level background check for ammo purchases. The latter hasn't arrived, but they say they're working on it. What effect this stuff has on the real situation is anybody's guess. Inquiring minds want to know. This is why I'd also like sundown clauses in laws/regs/policies so that the ones that don't work as intended go away without a lot of fuss, and reasoned, evidenced analysis of their effects if an effort is made to continue any of them. I'd like to see tons of up-to-date, accurate, relevant data to support everything.