Unlicensed Persons

Answers to some common questions about the buying, selling, shipping, renting or loaning of firearms to an unlicensed person.

How does a person register a firearm or remove a name from a firearms registration?

What recordkeeping procedures should be followed when two unlicensed individuals want to engage in a firearms transaction?

May an individual between the ages of 18 and 21 years of age acquire a handgun from an unlicensed individual who is also a resident of that same State?

May a person who resides in one State and owns property in another State purchase a firearm in either State?

How may an unlicensed person receive a firearm in his or her State that he or she purchased from an out–of–State source?

May an unlicensed person acquire a firearm under the GCA in any State?

Are curio or relic firearms exempt from the provisions of the GCA?

What constitutes residency in a State?

May a nonlicensee ship firearms interstate for his or her use in hunting or other lawful activity?

To whom may an unlicensed person transfer firearms under the GCA?

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