No Purchase Permits issued during Stay at Home Order

[T3000]

I had someone contact me about a gun I have up for sale and he mentioned that his police station won't issue a purchase permit until the stay at home order is over. Has anyone heard this? If the state is going to require something like a purchase permit don't they have an obligation to provide them even during an emergency situation.

[dsfoerster]

I had a buyer couple days before the 1st shelter in place order. The police dragged their feet and once the order was in place wouldn't issue the purchase permit.
This is what I was told, have not verified for myself.
However I know the buyer still wants to make the purchase so...

[fc2462]

My brother had the same issue when I wanted to sell him one of my pistols. His small town police dept was actually just closed and only available via 911 for emergencies. He is not a CPL holder. The workaround is to meet the buyer at an FFL and have them do the transfer. A purchase permit is not needed in that scenario because you're transferring the pistol to the FFL and they are transferring to the buyer and conducting a NICS check in the process which negates the need for the purchase permit.

[CyborgHunter]

My brother had the same issue when I wanted to sell him one of my pistols. His small town police dept was actually just closed and only available via 911 for emergencies. He is not a CPL holder. The workaround is to meet the buyer at an FFL and have them do the transfer. A purchase permit is not needed in that scenario because you're transferring the pistol to the FFL and they are transferring to the buyer and conducting a NICS check in the process which negates the need for the purchase permit.

Yep, and tack on another 10-20 percent to the price of the transaction for the FFL transfer tax.

[dirtmcgirt76239]

really no purchase order, that seems crazy. Is there no cpl class either because its too many people in a room? That kinda makes sense, but people are still being threatened, exes are still crazy etc. Seems more important than getting a car wash or or silly stuff thats open.