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[โ€“] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You generally need to do a background check at a store

But random dude online selling a used one? Nothing. No paperwork. Just give money, get gun. Don't even need a record of it.

Neither federal law nor Texas law requires private sellers to keep a record when they sell a firearm.

https://www.sll.texas.gov/faqs/private-gun-sales/

[โ€“] Valorie12@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

IIRC if the dude online is shipping the gun (any firearm), it needs to go through an FFL, and that requires a background check. Meetups in person do not, though. That is a private sale.