Posted: 5/5/2025 3:46:47 PM EDT
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Just got a call from a family member, in California asking for some clarification. Situation is Family Friend (FF) "gave" a shotgun to a Family Member (FM) years ago. Family Friend passed away in 2010, and the gift was several years prior. Family Member is now realizing that they should have gone through a dealer at the time, as he is now wanting to transfer the shotgun to his son. Based on what I am reading, if the shotgun was gifted after 1991, it needed to go through a dealer. So I am thinking that the best course of action is that Family Friend's widow goes to the gun store with my Family Member, and they do a proper transfer. Does that seem correct? |
| Well one thing to just consider, is that regular longarm registration didn't start until I believe 2014. |
Watching the kids shoot Pieeater's 1919 was great. Nothing warms the heart more than seeing a little kid kneeling in a pile of brass and links.-Pthfndr after the Nov 13th NorCal shoot
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CA FFL here; Firearm transfers through a dealer started in 91', you are correct. Long gun registration didn't start until 2015. The records prior to 2015 are incredibly inaccurate. Tell your FM to not worry about it, don't invite the man into your life. On rare occasions a firearm could comeback as "stolen". I had a situation where a widow transferred a few guns to her neighbor, a "Sat. night Special" came back "stolen". It may have been stolen, It may have been a database error. Who knows, the guy could have forgot he sold it to his buddy(the widow's husband) in 1989 and reported it stolen in 1995. I had to fight with the Sheriff's department to come pick it up, of course they treated it like a felony traffic stop when they got to my house. 2 deputies with GED's and 3 years on the job couldn't comprehend why they were at my house to pick up a "stolen gun". Hands on holsters and everything. |
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Originally Posted By itgoesboom: Ok, so that is very helpful. So moving forward, since my family member wants to transfer to his son, who is also in the state, that transfer would still need to go through a dealer though, correct? Thanks again. You could probably just do the interfamily transfer paperwork and send it in. |
Watching the kids shoot Pieeater's 1919 was great. Nothing warms the heart more than seeing a little kid kneeling in a pile of brass and links.-Pthfndr after the Nov 13th NorCal shoot
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Originally Posted By itgoesboom: Ok, so that is very helpful. So moving forward, since my family member wants to transfer to his son, who is also in the state, that transfer would still need to go through a dealer though, correct? Thanks again. |