>As others have said, you can't
>cross State lines to purchase
>a handgun, and that includes
>Texas. Also includes private party
>sales. You can purchase a
>hand gun in Texas, pay
>for it there and have
>it shipped to a FFL
>dealer in your state but
>you can't take possession of
>it in a State that
>you are not a resident.
>
>
>Long guns, rifles and shotguns, can
>be purchased in any state
>where they will sell you
>one, doesn't have to be
>a contiguous state. FFL dealers
>are not supposed to sell
>you a rifle or shotgun
>if you reside in a
>state where that particular rifle
>or shotgun is illegal.
>
>I've thought that Federal laws on
>private sales were a pretty
>gray area.
>
>Law pretty much says that you
>can't knowingly or should reasonably
>know sell a firearm to
>someone that can't legally purchase
>one.
>
>An example would be for me
>to go to the local
>gun show and lay a
>Glock on the table with
>a $500 price tag on
>it.
>
>A gentleman comes to my table,
>he has gray hair so
>he's at least 21, he
>doesn't have any prison tattoos
>across his forehead and he
>isn't wearing a shirt that
>says Colorado across the front.
>
>
>He hands me $500 and I
>hand him the gun and
>no matter who this person
>is or where he is
>from I haven't broken any
>laws.
>
>Same situation, a different person walks
>over to my table. We
>start talking and he says
>he used to live in
>this state but he moved
>to Colorado and is just
>in visiting relatives.
>
>Now I can't sell him the
>Glock, I know he doesn't
>reside in this state and
>this will be an illegal
>sale.
>
>If I sell him the pistol
>and this turns out to
>be an ATF sting then
>I'm busted.
That isn't always the case.
https://www.atf.gov/questions-and-a...tate-and-owns-property-another-state-purchase