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**Spats McGee** · February 16, 2013, 09:22 AM

I did a quick search of some federal law in the 18 USC 920's. I couldn't find a definition of "transfer," or of "possess" or "possession," oddly enough. I couldn't even find a line that said "transfer (or one of the other relevant terms) is the same as defined in XYZ." So I looked in the CFR. Nada. So that one's kind of, well, squishy. (That's the technical term.) What we do know is that temporary loans for "sporting purposes," are excluded from the operation of many federal statutes. Exactly where that line is drawn though, is somewhat unclear.

February 16, 2013, 09:22 AM	#5
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	I did a quick search of some federal law in the 18 USC 920's. I couldn't find a definition of "transfer," or of "possess" or "possession," oddly enough. I couldn't even find a line that said "transfer (or one of the other relevant terms) is the same as defined in XYZ." So I looked in the CFR. Nada. So that one's kind of, well, squishy. (That's the technical term.) What we do know is that temporary loans for "sporting purposes," are excluded from the operation of many federal statutes. Exactly where that line is drawn though, is somewhat unclear. __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.