According to Firearms Chronicles
You can buy a gun on the internet.
That’s what anti-gun politicians have been screaming for years now. They swear up and down you can buy an AR-15 online and that represents a huge problem.
And, they’re sorta right. You can buy a gun online. You just can’t take possession of it until it passes through the hands of an FFL holder who will conduct a background check first.
The problem is, many people don’t really understand that. They hear about the specter of “online gun sales” and just assume that you can do that. This misconception isn’t helped by the fact that you can go to online gun stores or gun manufacturers and find what looks like a normal retail interface waiting for you.
Well, it seems that many are finding out the hard way that online gun sales aren’t really a thing.
Here at Omaha Outdoors, we’ve been inundated with inquiries from out-of-state folks – many from California – asking if we can ship them a gun directly. The answer is, of course, no. Despite what politicians and many in popular media claim, you can’t buy a gun online and have it shipped to your house. Well, you could, if you were a federally licensed firearm dealer (or federally licensed curio and relic collector) and your home was your place of business. Other than that, no, you can’t buy a gun online and have it shipped, especially across state lines, to your home.