Reading Room Document

State of Residence Requirements for Firearms Transfers

Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, which forbids federal firearms licensees from selling or delivering "any firearm to any person who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in . . . the State in which the licensee's place of business is located," cannot be interpreted to define "reside in . . . the State" differently for citizens and aliens. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/2012-01-30-firearms-xfers/download.

January 30, 2012