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·This is my first post here, but I have been an on and off visitor to the site for a couple of months now. Basically, I have been looking to buy a handgun, and I have ultimately decided on the Steyr M357A1. Since I have never purchased a handgun before, I am in hopes that some of you on here can help me out.
Currently, I am a college student in Wisconsin, but my state of residence is Texas. From what people up here tell me, I would have to make any purchase through Texas and have an FFL dealer in Texas ship it to an FFL dealer in Wisconsin. I spend little time in Texas, however, and I have found little time to seriously sort this all out. With Christmas approaching though, I am going to be in the Houston area visiting family and see this as a good opportunity to finally buy a handgun.
Instead of buying a gun in person in Texas, I have been throwing around the idea of purchasing a gun on the internet. From what I understand, the dealer/seller would ship the gun to an FFL dealer in your area. I am assuming my Texas residence would require me to have it shipped to a Texas FFL dealer.
Now I have a few questions about how this works and how I should go about this. First off, I have been wondering whether I would phyiscally need to interact with the Texas FFL holder. My intuition tells me I would have to go through some background check or do something to verify my identity. As I have never done this before, I am still quite unfamiliar with all the protocol, so please forgive any dumb/obvious questions or concerns I may have. But for Texas, if I am not mistaken, there is no waiting period to buy a handgun. I do not know, however, if special laws or rules apply to immediate state transfers or what not. For the most part, all the different state statues and laws have left me pretty clueless, and I was thinking many of you would probably be familiar with all of this.
Assuming that I would need to fill out something or do whatever I need to do in Texas, I plan on accomplishing all this around the holidays as I think I mentioned earlier. I noticed that many of you live in the Houston area, and if necessary, if it would be possible to get a recommendation on an FFL dealer in the area.
Also, I would appreciate any advice you could give me about where I should go or avoid when purchasing a gun online, or even if that is a good idea altogether. I am also wondering if there are any other accessories that do not come with the gun (I am looking to buy a brand new one) that I should also buy besides ammunition. Oh, I apologize if I should be addressing this in the buying/selling forum or somewhere else, but I was not too sure where to post this. Thanks for the help.
Brandon
Currently, I am a college student in Wisconsin, but my state of residence is Texas. From what people up here tell me, I would have to make any purchase through Texas and have an FFL dealer in Texas ship it to an FFL dealer in Wisconsin. I spend little time in Texas, however, and I have found little time to seriously sort this all out. With Christmas approaching though, I am going to be in the Houston area visiting family and see this as a good opportunity to finally buy a handgun.
Instead of buying a gun in person in Texas, I have been throwing around the idea of purchasing a gun on the internet. From what I understand, the dealer/seller would ship the gun to an FFL dealer in your area. I am assuming my Texas residence would require me to have it shipped to a Texas FFL dealer.
Now I have a few questions about how this works and how I should go about this. First off, I have been wondering whether I would phyiscally need to interact with the Texas FFL holder. My intuition tells me I would have to go through some background check or do something to verify my identity. As I have never done this before, I am still quite unfamiliar with all the protocol, so please forgive any dumb/obvious questions or concerns I may have. But for Texas, if I am not mistaken, there is no waiting period to buy a handgun. I do not know, however, if special laws or rules apply to immediate state transfers or what not. For the most part, all the different state statues and laws have left me pretty clueless, and I was thinking many of you would probably be familiar with all of this.
Assuming that I would need to fill out something or do whatever I need to do in Texas, I plan on accomplishing all this around the holidays as I think I mentioned earlier. I noticed that many of you live in the Houston area, and if necessary, if it would be possible to get a recommendation on an FFL dealer in the area.
Also, I would appreciate any advice you could give me about where I should go or avoid when purchasing a gun online, or even if that is a good idea altogether. I am also wondering if there are any other accessories that do not come with the gun (I am looking to buy a brand new one) that I should also buy besides ammunition. Oh, I apologize if I should be addressing this in the buying/selling forum or somewhere else, but I was not too sure where to post this. Thanks for the help.
Brandon