What to do with my gun?
I am planning to go North to Canada this summer. I would enter in British Columbia and exit in Alberta. The rest of the trip, will be in the USA. I plan on continuing on to the East coast, then retur...
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workhardplayharder wrote:BB_TX wrote:
Since you are entering British Columbia and exiting Alberta check to see if a local gun dealer near the border in Washington can take the gun and forward it to a gun dealer in northern Montana. Maybe Seattle to Great Falls. I would think they could easily do that, for a fee of course.
This is the only legal way to do it. It is a federal crime to mail a fire arm yourself. You will have to leave it in the states and have licensed dealers ship it for you to your exit point.
This is not quite right. But there are legal restrictions, and there are company rules. And handguns are treated differently than long arms. There are legal ways for a private person to ship either type, though. And they have to be sent to a FFL holder. Although I think you can ship a gun to yourself at another address. It's a real mess, for sure.
