I own several, say FIVE, handguns that are not transferable via FFL. Say I die, and my wife needs to sell them. She has no LTC. I know there is a process she can follow to legally liquidate these firearms. My question is how could she legally sell the FIFTH non-AG compliant model if these are only transferable via FA-10?
Well, one thing to remember, is they ARE transferable, just not
to another MA resident. So it would be possible for her to "FFL out" a
gun to someone else, sell it through an NH FFL, etc. While this still
sucks in regards to recovering full value, it is an out.
Another possibility may be that she can temporarily allow a friend
who is an LTC holder to posess the 5th gun while she waits for the
calendar years to roll over, so she could sell up to 8 guns that
way in the space of 2 years. (this way she would not be afoul
of the law, even if she had to wait a year or a few months to roll
over the 5th gun ) Note that -lending- is not a transfer of
ownership. (and that's why it doesn't require an FA-10).
Mess around with the search thing a bit.. I seem to remember some
huge thread on here about estate inheritance methods being
discussed.
-Mike