I was wondering what the legality of buying a gun from my wife's grandfather, who was denied a license renewal for one reason or another.
He's in his 87th year. He Is a Korean War veteran. My wife and I took the kids to go visit him last weekend and the topic of his guns came up. He told me his ltc hadn't been renewed because the state police gave him the thumbs down. I tried to get the whole story so we could come up with a plan to get his license renewed. He wasn't interested in renewing he told me and I could tell that he was just disgusted with the whole thing. He has given his small collection to his nephew for safe keeping.
So I offered to buy the guns I could afford to, and he said that would be fine.
Before I do make a purchase, is there a rush? His license will expire on the 20th of this month. Based on a quick web search, the atf website seems to indicate that it would be fine for him to sell his guns with no license but does that apply here in Massachusetts? I just want to make sure I'm following the laws.
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me.
He's in his 87th year. He Is a Korean War veteran. My wife and I took the kids to go visit him last weekend and the topic of his guns came up. He told me his ltc hadn't been renewed because the state police gave him the thumbs down. I tried to get the whole story so we could come up with a plan to get his license renewed. He wasn't interested in renewing he told me and I could tell that he was just disgusted with the whole thing. He has given his small collection to his nephew for safe keeping.
So I offered to buy the guns I could afford to, and he said that would be fine.
Before I do make a purchase, is there a rush? His license will expire on the 20th of this month. Based on a quick web search, the atf website seems to indicate that it would be fine for him to sell his guns with no license but does that apply here in Massachusetts? I just want to make sure I'm following the laws.
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me.