Purchasing in Other States

View · by **cschauss** on Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:50 pm

OK, maybe this is a stupid question. Let's say I'm browsing a store in, say, Florida and find a gun that I want to buy. I have a Minnesota Permit to purchase, and a MN DL. Can that FFL sell me the weapon or does he have to ship it to a MN FFL?

View · by **TH3180** on Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:52 pm

cschauss wrote:OK, maybe this is a stupid question. Let's say I'm browsing a store in, say, Florida and find a gun that I want to buy. I have a Minnesota Permit to purchase, and a MN DL. Can that FFL sell me the weapon or does he have to ship it to a MN FFL?

Has to ship it to a FFL here.

View · by **Thunderjohn** on Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:59 pm

Correct. FFL needed.
A handgun cannot cross state lines without an FFL doing a transfer - Private sale included.

View · by **cschauss** on Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:38 pm

Thanks guys -

View · by **AR-15collector** on Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:39 pm

How do stores in Hudson get away with selling to Minnesota residents?

Is it because they also operate in MN?

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:53 pm

AR-15collector wrote:How do stores in Hudson get away with selling to Minnesota residents?

Is it because they also operate in MN?

They do not. If you are referring to Bills they transfer the handgun to the Robbinsdale or Circle pines stores.

View · by **smurfman** on Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:03 pm

If it is a handgun or "assault rifle", then it would have to go through an FFL. If it is a long gun, then you may or may not be able to purchase the firearm at that moment and bring it home yourself. It all depends on the rules and regulations of the state selling as well as the state in which you reside. I've bought long guns out of state and brought them back with no problem but I have also had to go through an FFL as the selling state had a waiting period for long guns.

Right now I am in California and will be looking at a rifle on Saturday that I may wish to purchase. If I do so, I will have to send it to an FFL if I understand things correctly. I have bought the same make and model of rifle in WI in the last couple of months and was able to walk out with it once the NCIS check went through. A couple of years ago I saw a map at Devil's Lake, ND which had in green what residents of which states a gun could be sold over the counter and to which they couldn't. It made sense and if Wal-Mart still puts these out it would be a neat way of figuring out where one could buy a gun OTC and where they couldn't.

View · by **XDM45** on Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:11 am

I was at a gun show in MN and the dealer I was speaking to was from NC, so if I wanted to buy a gun from them:

1) I would need to be an FFL.
2) They would need to transfer the gun to an FFL in MN.

I mention it here because even if you and the other party are in the same state, if one of you is NOT a resident of that state you are both in, it needs to go through an FFL.