Reply #59: Any firearm bought online has to go to a Federally Licensed Firearms dealer.

[Caliman73]

Unless the licensed person who receives the firearm and who is required to do any background checks and follow federal and state laws for the transaction, is complicit in breaking the law, then there is no real way around in person verification. If you are on the list of "ineligible" persons then you get denied whether you bought the gun from a store or online. I believe the even person to person private sales out shipped out of state have to go through an FFL dealer. In California even in state private party sales except for those between immediate family members (IE parent or grandparent to adult offspring or between spouses) have to go through a dealer and go through the process. That has not stopped crimes from happening.

I have purchased firearms online because the only shop that sells firearms in the county has extremely high prices and poor customer service at times. Why would I purchase a rifle for 700 dollars from the shop if I could get the same rifle for 400 plus shipping from an online dealer and still have to go through the background checks and wait period? With the fees for the service I still end up saving $275 dollars.