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I would like to start selling off some of my handguns that I am not much interested in. I've never sold a gun before. Problem seems to be that as a non-FFL, I cannot send guns out of state by USPS but need to use a carrier, who all seem to require the gun sent by overnight air. Is that correct?

My problem is this. The handguns I initially want to sell are all worth less than $400 and some are worth less than $100. That doesn't justify paying for overnight air. When I bought these cheap guns, I generally paid about $10-20 for shipping and received them through USPS. I'm pretty sure that the sellers did not have FFLs but just because they may have broken the law does not encourage me to do so. I want to stay legal.

Seems that my best legal option would be to find a local FFL (I'm in Houston) who for a fee would mail a handgun on my behalf via USPS. Am I still correct?

My question then is, do you know of a specific FFL in Houston who is willing to provide this service and how much do they charge?

There is an FFL section of this forum. Type "houston" into the search box when there and then look for one close to you.

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Find an FFL that will ship a gun via USPS for you for a reasonable fee. The one I use does it for $10 + the actual postage cost, but he's not in the Houston area.

Brian

I charge $30 plus shipping/insurance costs which can run from $20-$30 per gun. You could try to sell them locally on texasguntrader.com, there are a lot of people in the Houston area following that web site.

duns wrote:I would like to start selling off some of my handguns that I am not much interested in. I've never sold a gun before. Problem seems to be that as a non-FFL, I cannot send guns out of state by USPS but need to use a carrier, who all seem to require the gun sent by overnight air. Is that correct?

My problem is this. The handguns I initially want to sell are all worth less than $400 and some are worth less than $100. That doesn't justify paying for overnight air. When I bought these cheap guns, I generally paid about $10-20 for shipping and received them through USPS. I'm pretty sure that the sellers did not have FFLs but just because they may have broken the law does not encourage me to do so. I want to stay legal.

Seems that my best legal option would be to find a local FFL (I'm in Houston) who for a fee would mail a handgun on my behalf via USPS. Am I still correct?

My question then is, do you know of a specific FFL in Houston who is willing to provide this service and how much do they charge?

I don't believe that you can sell a gun across state lines unless you involve an FFL at both ends.

duns wrote:I would like to start selling off some of my handguns that I am not much interested in. I've never sold a gun before.

Don't forget to post them here. If I'm not mistaken, you don't even need an FFL to ship within one state.

JJVP wrote:I don't believe that you can sell a gun across state lines unless you involve an FFL at both ends.

Not true.

An FFL must transfer the firearm to the buyer in the destination state, but the seller is allowed to ship directly to the out-of-state FFL.

However, there are FFL's who do not want to do business or accept firearms from out-of-state non-FFL's, so a person should check with the FFL involved to make sure they will accept the firearm.

Jumping Frog wrote:

JJVP wrote:I don't believe that you can sell a gun across state lines unless you involve an FFL at both ends.

Not true.

An FFL must transfer the firearm to the buyer in the destination state, but the seller is allowed to ship directly to the out-of-state FFL.

However, there are FFL's who do not want to do business or accept firearms from out-of-state non-FFL's, so a person should check with the FFL involved to make sure they will accept the firearm.

You are correct. He could ship directly to an FFL in the buyers state, but he cannot ship directly to the buyer.