blueflare77

My understanding is that it could depend on whether you are in the Reserves or National Guard as well. Reserves are almost always on Title 10 Federal orders while a significant percentage of Guardsman may be on Title 32 orders when they are away for training. I also did some more digging. It seems that if you are able to obtain a State ID from said state that is all you would need to purchase a handgun in this particular state. Of course, you would need to prove residency in order to obtain a State ID but that doesn't seem difficult at all. Whether you are PCS or TDY does not matter in this instance. In other words, you could be TDY but if you decided to live off-post at your own expense and could prove such, you can still claim residency in that state.

Here is a hypothetical situation. Jim, a resident from the State of NJ, is a member of the reserves and is on TDY (temporary duty) orders to another state (State X) for training that will last 4 months - 120 days. Jim meets a resident of State X and is interested in purchasing that person's handgun. However, Jim is concerned that this sale may be illegal because it is not being done through an FFL of his home state. Jim consults the BATF site for an FAQ reqarding this particular purchase and discovers the following: http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html Jim wonders what constitutes residency of a State according to the BATF and continues to read... While Jim is not on PCS (permanent duty station) orders, he is on TDY orders for a period to exceed 90 days. On-post lodging is provided and specified on his orders so, therefore, he is considered to be a resident of that state because he will at some point reside in that state for at least 90 days. Can Jim purchase a handgun in another state "as a resident of that state", and return to NJ without ever having submitted a permit to purchase (a handgun)?