transfer an AR 15

[MicroMonkey]

If a gun is coming from MD to a buyer in PA, what has to happen to make it legal? Its an AR 15, person to person.

[Klem]

I stand corrected. See below.

[Big5]

Seller must ship rifle to your local dealer who has a FFL. That's if your dealer will take rifle from a non ffl. You must go to your dealer and fill out paperwork and have a back ground check before you take the rifle. Now if your dealer only takes rifle from a FFL holder then the seller must take the rifle to a local dealer with a ffl and he will ship the rifle to your dealer. Only FTF is if the person that your are buying must live in Pa. Good luck

[knight0334]

All interstate transfers must go through a FFL, except for bequest(thru a will) or intestate succession(family inheritance).

Long guns can be transferred in ANY state, barring any additional state laws.

Handgun have to be transferred in the buyer's home state.

[Rider4Life01]

Sooo what does that mean for guns I bought when I was a MD resident but now own as a PA resident???

[MicroMonkey]

so, If I understand correctly, I can have this person bring the AR 15 here to PA, then we go visit a local FFL, do the transfer, all is well?

[BimmerJon]

Must go through FFL in purchasers state.

Long guns can be FFL transferred in either state

Sooo what does that mean for guns I bought when I was a MD resident but now own as a PA resident???

Nothing. Welcome to PA. You don't need to do anything

[knight0334]

Sooo what does that mean for guns I bought when I was a MD resident but now own as a PA resident???

Nothing.

When you move with guns you bought in your prior home state - there is no transfer of ownership. You still own the guns.. ...they didn't transfer to a new person.


The only time you have to worry about things like that is when a state or municipality has ownership licensing and/or registration. Only 4 or 5 states have registration of handguns, a couple states have or will have long gun registration, a couple municipalities have long gun registration where the host state doesn't overall. Then handful of states require a license/permit/owner ID card to own/buy/possess handguns and/or long guns.

PA doesn't have any of those. PA only regulates the transfer of "firearms"(handguns, SBS, SBR) with a record of sale.

[Hokkmike]

so, If I understand correctly, I can have this person bring the AR 15 here to PA, then we go visit a local FFL, do the transfer, all is well?

I would be confident doing it this way.

[Capt Quahog]

Then somebody is saying that it is possible for a person to do an FFL transfer from himself to himself? I don't think so . . . How could a Federal Firearms dealer explain an entry like that into his book?

If a person legally moves from one state to another where that particular firearm is legal to own without local restrictions, then that should be it.