Moneygram. Pick up your cash at Walmart. If seller sent shipping costs, UPS it to his FFL.
I have done this.
If distance and meeting is an issue you can send to an FFL and let them pick it up at their leisure.
Both simple directions lend me to believe if guy was the collector he said he was that he should have made those simple suggestions b/c he had done such things in dealing with guns he wanted but lived far away and out of state.
My standard answer is that I don't ship, simply b/c I've never done it.
Can you pay the vendor you are using to ship it with to pack it for you?
Question: Is doing the transaction illegal if done standing on TN soil?
FTF "CASH" Only, your hand to mine.
Well that's certainly a different question... and I don't exactly know the answer. You're both IN residents, so no FFL is required - even if you ship it, so I would say that the exact physical exchange of the firearm and where that takes place is irrelevant. All of the laws are written about the residence of the parties involved.
Well that's certainly a different question... and I don't exactly know the answer. You're both IN residents, so no FFL is required - even if you ship it, so I would say that the exact physical exchange of the firearm and where that takes place is irrelevant. All of the laws are written about the residence of the parties involved.
PRESENCE (where you do the transaction)
establishes Residence requirement
without any further information required.
so I only sell within Indiana. prefer Indianapolis vs. Jeffersonville for example
Huh?
Just because I am standing TN doesn't mean I'm a TN resident. It doesn't matter where you are, but where you live.
[STRIKE]I'm sticking to my answer (two IN residents can do a FTF transaction in TN) unless someone can point me at a law that states I'm wrong.[/STRIKE]
18 U.S. Code § 922 (a)(5)
EDIT: I think Sig's right (see below). 922(a)(3) would seem to indicate so. The only exclusion is that a long gun sale could be done if a dealer does a transfer.
It'd also work if you change your will leaving the gun to the buyer, and you die, but that seems like a lot of extra work.
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,
You're setting yourself up for a felony, Doddg. Hope your buyer isn't the man.
Don't. Just don't.
Presence in TN, could subject you to any TN laws (and potentially interstate regulations, etc) regarding the purchase or sale potentially, based on the location of the transaction (you would not necessarily be subject to laws regarding TN residency). In any case, I would not do it. Too much research, and too much potential down side involved, and not worth it to me to figure it all out based on the size of this particular transaction.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/whom-may-unlicensed-person-transfer-firearms-under-gca
"A person may transfer a firearm to an unlicensed resident of his or her 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 his or her State Attorney General’s Office to inquire about the laws and possible State or local restrictions."