Posted: 2/11/2012 6:00:22 PM EDT
| My father will pass on in the next few days. I am the executor of the will and sole beneficiary. He lives in WA and I live in TN. What is the process for having his gun collection shipped from WA to TN? Do they have to go to an FFL or can I have them shipped directly to me? There are no pistols they are all long guns. |
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My father will pass on in the next few days. I am the executor of the will and sole beneficiary. He lives in WA and I live in TN. What is the process for having his gun collection shipped from WA to TN? Do they have to go to an FFL or can I have them shipped directly to me? There are no pistols they are all long guns. <––––-FFL The guns become yours as soon as the will is probated (check WA law). Federal law allows you to go to WA and: -take possession and ship the firearms yourself direct to your address in TN. Only you can ship the guns, no one else. or -take possession and take the guns back with you as checked luggage on the airplane. (or by driving them back.) or - you could have someone in WA deliver the guns to a licensed dealer in WA for shipment to a dealer in TN (who would transfer the guns to you on a 4473/NICS.) If you have a relative, friend, etc in WA ship the guns to directly you in TN, you both are committing a Federal crime. Quoted:
...Other things aside, you should be exempt from an FFL transfer for a transfer by bequest, as long as you can legally possess in your state of residence. Only if he goes to WA to take possession, all Federal laws regarding the interstate shipment of firearms still apply. |
