Thread: Can I Legally Buy Firearms in California while on Holiday?

Originally Posted by P38

Trying to find out the answer to the question following question.

Can I legally purchase firearms while visiting the USA and take them home with me?

There's been plenty of people guess Yes and No, but none yet that really knows for sure.
I have emailed the AFT and California Bureau of Firearms but have had no response from either.
I am also thinking of trying the US embassy in Wellywood.

I'm would like to buy these firearms in Los Angeles California and either ship them home to my local Police Firearms Officer for pick up on my return or carry them home in my checked in luggage via Las Vegas and Honolulu?

We will be spending our time on Vacation in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Honolulu.
We are flying with Hawaiian Airlines for the entire route except we are taking a bus from Los Angles to Las Vegas.
We intend to vacation in the USA for 30 days.
I do not intend to use these firearms at any shooting facility during my visit.

I'm intending to enter the USA as a Tourist on vacation from New Zealand.

I would like to purchase several handguns and bring them home with me.

I will be entering the USA on the Visitor Wavier Program Visa (VWP).
It appears from the AFT literature that I have read Non-immigrant Aliens (That's Me ) who enter the U.S. on a VWP are entitled to buy firearms.
But I'm not really sure if this is correct or how I would get on carrying said firearms through other states.

Any advice on how to legally purchase and ship said firearms while visiting the USA would be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers
Pete

Pretty sure you'll need State ID.
The following list of prohibited persons[4] are ineligible to own or use firearms under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.[5]
"Non-US citizens, unless permanently immigrating into the U.S. or in possession of a hunting license legally issued in the U.S."

Plus you'd fail the background check if you couldn't provide a permanent US address. Without an export permit from the US your luggage and you won't be going far.

Free tip : don't lock your luggage, TSA will open it anyway and if they can't easily open it, they'll just cut the lock off, and leave a nice pamphlet in your luggage saying why it was opened and don't lock it again. I was ion Florida last month.