To whom may an unlicensed person transfer firearms under the GCA?
A person may transfer a firearm to an unlicensed resident of his or her State, provided the transferor does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the transferee is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law. There may be State laws that regulate intrastate firearm transactions. A person considering transferring a firearm should contact his or her State Attorney General’s Office to inquire about the laws and possible State or local restrictions.
Generally, for a person to lawfully transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person who resides out of State, the firearm must be shipped to a Federal firearms licensee (FFL) within the transferee’s State of residence. The transferee may then receive the firearm from the FFL upon completion of an ATF Form 4473 and a NICS background check.
If you live in PA and the buyer lives in PA, you can sell F2F no problem. Background check is not required. Any buyer that lives out of PA should require a transfer at an FFL. I seem to think you live in MD. You would have to ship the rifle to an FFL to sell it to an out of state buyer. CYA is the name of the game.
Did you purchase this rifle after October 2013? Because, if you did, it probably is not legal in MD right now! If not a HBAR. Which it probably isn't. If purchased before 10/2013, you are GTG, but you cannot sell it to a MD resident.
OP merely stated "rifle", not an AR. Why introduce an issue that may not even exist???
Thank you guys for all of your help! I have certainly learned a lot on these forums. Is Maryland still a part of the United States???