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The time has come to let some
of the guns go to my son. I live in n. Carolina my son lives in new Hampshire. cane I send him the guns directly or do I have to go thru a ffl dealer? any help would be appreciated. thanks

I think you'll have to ship to an FFL and let the FFL book the transfer...Geo

Out of State transfer.

pod: last i heard, atf rules only apply to interstate commercial transactions and do not apply to gifts...here is a link to the atf website if you wish to obtain latest reg direct from horses mouth, so to speak...

https://www.atf.gov/contact

Has to go thru an FFL at the recv'g end w/a 4473 and NICS check being done.
There's no exemption for out of state gifts to family members or others.
The only exception I'm aware of that exempts the nonresident transfer from going thru an FFL is where a firearm is left to the non-resident as an inheritance in the legal will of the deceased owner.

Make sure that the FFL in NH is willing to accept the firearms from a Non-FFL from out of state for the transfer process if the OP is intending to ship them himself.
Some will,,some will not.
The regs are clear that it is completely legal to do so, but many FFL's will not accept firearms from other than another FFL.
That subject has been beaten to near death already but the real issue here is just to save problems and make sure the transfer goes smoothly.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/whom-may-unlicensed-person-transfer-firearms-under-gca

thank you for the info.

just throw them in the truck and take a road trip.....nobody knows if they are yours or his to start with....

Take a look at the States you'll have to drive through on a road trip...Geo

I've sold SxS's to out of state individuals and bought them from out of state - person to person, no FFL.

Geo has a point. The guns could have been gifted to the son when he still lived with his Dad, and Dad is merely taking his son's guns to him. Nothing illegal about that, or for the son to go back to his Dad's house to get his guns.

But where the problem lies is in the remote possibility that he may be stopped in one of several states controlled by Liberal Left anti-gun Democrats. Although it is not illegal to transport long guns across the country as long as they are secure and unloaded, most Democrat politicians have nothing better to do than harass law abiding citizens for the crime of exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. (Some localities may have stricter laws, especially those controlled by anti-gun Democrats) This is not opinion... it is a proven fact. It makes you wonder why any gun owner would be stupid enough to vote for those who willfully infringe upon their rights.

I'm sure that was all done prior to 1968...Geo

You really don't want to pursue this any further on a public website.