Hi fellow shooters!
I have an opportunity to move from Texas to Puerto Rico. However both my wife and I are avid target shooters and we have a decent collection of pistols and long guns. I am very confused by what I have read from all the links regarding the PR firearms license. From what I have been able to gather, there are 3 distinct types of licenses:
-the general firearms permit which allows you to own two guns and 50 rounds of ammo for said guns.
-the hunting permit, which allows you more flexibility in terms of numbers of guns and ammo.
-the target shooting permit, which allows you I think the greatest flexibility. Unlimited in terms of guns and ammo I think.
Obviously the whole '50-rounds per gun and 1 trip to the gun club a year' permit is not going to work for us. But I have had a hard time figuring out how exactly to get the target shooting permit. I understand the regular permit I think; you have to fill out some paperwork, get fingerprinted, submit two pictures, and have three unrelated folks sign a letter that you aren't violent. Pretty onerous compared with TX....
So question 1 is: what do you have to do besides the regular permit to get 'target shooter' status?
Next, I understand you have to prove you bought your gun from a legal source. I no longer have my FFL transfer receipts for the guns I have bought, plus some I have bought face-to-face. I am considering shipping my whole firearms collection to a friend here in the states and essentially 'selling' him all my guns for $1 a piece and then at such time that I secure the proper paperwork in Puerto Rico, having him sell me my guns back at $1 a piece. Obviously I will have to pay FFL transfer fees, but this seems like the only legal way to get my guns onto the island. Is that correct?
So question 2 is: in absence of holding a firearms permit, or after you get said permit, how do you get your guns to the island?
Thanks in advance!
I have an opportunity to move from Texas to Puerto Rico. However both my wife and I are avid target shooters and we have a decent collection of pistols and long guns. I am very confused by what I have read from all the links regarding the PR firearms license. From what I have been able to gather, there are 3 distinct types of licenses:
-the general firearms permit which allows you to own two guns and 50 rounds of ammo for said guns.
-the hunting permit, which allows you more flexibility in terms of numbers of guns and ammo.
-the target shooting permit, which allows you I think the greatest flexibility. Unlimited in terms of guns and ammo I think.
Obviously the whole '50-rounds per gun and 1 trip to the gun club a year' permit is not going to work for us. But I have had a hard time figuring out how exactly to get the target shooting permit. I understand the regular permit I think; you have to fill out some paperwork, get fingerprinted, submit two pictures, and have three unrelated folks sign a letter that you aren't violent. Pretty onerous compared with TX....
So question 1 is: what do you have to do besides the regular permit to get 'target shooter' status?
Next, I understand you have to prove you bought your gun from a legal source. I no longer have my FFL transfer receipts for the guns I have bought, plus some I have bought face-to-face. I am considering shipping my whole firearms collection to a friend here in the states and essentially 'selling' him all my guns for $1 a piece and then at such time that I secure the proper paperwork in Puerto Rico, having him sell me my guns back at $1 a piece. Obviously I will have to pay FFL transfer fees, but this seems like the only legal way to get my guns onto the island. Is that correct?
So question 2 is: in absence of holding a firearms permit, or after you get said permit, how do you get your guns to the island?
Thanks in advance!