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

I read some recent stuff for At&F and it appears now that you can purchase and possess if you comply with state law, and you have a state hunting licence. This is under the Visa Waiver program... the absurdity would appear that you won't comply with many state's laws unless you can show that you were resident for more than 3 months. The visa waiver program is only for 90 days, so that would appear to be difficult. You can apply for extensions to the visitor waiver period, but again that may be interesting...

You might have noticed by now that americans are not interested in working together from federal to state bureaucracy to achieve a desired result, they all just make it up to suit themselves.

The other issue is that you would still have to secure a permit to export (from AT&F and that takes 2-8 weeks and you have to know exactly what you are exporting), before you could leave the country with the firearms that you had successfully and legally acquired??

It may be possible to do this yet, and at least federally it seems doable.... some states may not have the 3mth residency difficulty. But of course you would then have to know whether you could take the acquired firearms across state borders, which is another can of worms.

Given american paranoia and yourself being an "alien," you would have to be fairly certain you get all your ducks in a row.