namedpipes
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OK this thread has gotten huge. What is the bottom line so far? Are we back to using printable forms or are the PD getting new "carbon copy" forms, or what? One quick concise answer please.
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OK this thread has gotten huge. What is the bottom line so far? Are we back to using printable forms or are the PD getting new "carbon copy" forms, or what? One quick concise answer please.
Just use the pdf forms. If you were not on this forum you would know nothing about this stuff.
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LenS, you'll be sorry.
so what should someone (MA class a ltc no restrictions & ct licensed) do if they recently inherited firearms from a deceased father in law who passed away a few years ago but was just able to get them recently? few revolvers and rifles.
No one seems to know what practical use the "validation certificate" is supposed to have.
From talking with Jason, he said that the system checks validity of BOTH LTCs when you do the e-FA-10 and won't let you complete it if either LTC is invalid. So getting a "validation certificate" really isn't necessary to do this.
No one seems to know what practical use the "validation certificate" is supposed to have.
It would be useful if you were lending someone a gun for short term use, or allowing someone access to your guns (house sitter, etc.) and wanted to confirm LTC validity - a VERY limited case.
We have enough "compliance" crap to put up with without inventing more hoops for us to jump through...
The instrument provided by the state to us citizens to verify someone is properly licensed to own / carry guns is the ltc/fid. There is no requirement on us beyond looking at it, observing that it isn't expired, seems to be the person in front of you and doesn't look obviously forged. ... He says he's licensed, shows the license, GTG.
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We have enough "compliance" crap to put up with without inventing more hoops for us to jump through...
For starters, read the Sticky in MA Gun Laws forum on Inheritance . . . assuming you are a MA Resident, which isn't at all clear from your post or info under your avatar!
so what should someone (MA class a ltc no restrictions & ct licensed) do if they recently inherited firearms from a deceased father in law who passed away a few years ago but was just able to get them recently? few revolvers and rifles.
I'd suggest you bring them to your CT residence. No registration, no nothing on the Rifles, just a bill of sale if you have a CT resident Pistol Permit.
If you already did the legal transfer of the firearms, nothing is required on your part to legally bring the guns into CT.
There is no gun registration in CT and a CT pistol permit authorizes you to carry any pistol or revolver regardless of capacity.
If you need a reliable answer you'll need to shell out for a lawyer. Somewhere in Gun Laws should be a sticky with contact information for a number of lawyers that can actually give you answers...
The inheritence info in the thread Lens mentioned is pretty clear and there are specific timeframes that things have to happen. If the will was probated a while back, then you'll need to involve an FFL to get them "legally", I would think.
If you are still in the tmeframe then you simply accept the firearms from the executor, file the fa-10 and stick them in your safe.
no will. just his words to the family and those are being honored...
If you need a reliable answer you'll need to shell out for a lawyer. Somewhere in Gun Laws should be a sticky with contact information for a number of lawyers that can actually give you answers...
The inheritence info in the thread Lens mentioned is pretty clear and there are specific timeframes that things have to happen. If the will was probated a while back, then you'll need to involve an FFL to get them "legally", I would think.
If you are still in the tmeframe then you simply accept the firearms from the executor, file the fa-10 and stick them in your safe.
IANAL, but from a legal perspective, his "words" are irrelevant. In the case of intestacy, State law governs the distribution of the decedent's property.
Google "Intestate Succession".