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Inheriting 60+ year old un-serialized rifles from out of state. Is a person still supposed to do an E-FA-10 registration on them?
Bump. If anyone knows...How does the 7/20 misinterpretation impact inheritance of formerly legal now theoretically illegal guns?
How does the 7/20 misinterpretation impact inheritance of formerly legal now theoretically illegal guns?
Bump. If anyone knows...
Looks like I've got some reading to do.
The other day my uncle from Maryland called out of the blue and while chatting he brought up that when he dies I'm welcome to any of the guns he owns because his sons aren't into guns, they'll go out occasionally and shoot with him but that's the extent of their interest in it.
I've got mixed feelings about it though because he's not the type of guy to just purchase any old gun, most of(if not all) his stuff is custom or collectable and I don't want to come off as some circling vulture to my aunt and cousins. An example would be from my last visit, a few days before I arrived he received some fu-fu laa-dee-daa Wilson Combat or Kimber 1911 that took a good amount of time to get after he ordered it. I've got to say it's a damn pretty pistol and wouldn't be surprised if the cost of it was the ballpark of $3K-$4K.
Make sure he WILLS them to you. If not, you'll have much more difficulty in getting them
If not most of those guns won't be transferable by a MA FFL, which would be required by Federal Law.
Hi guys,
Trying to help out the executor/trix of their family member's estate who had firearms. They are within the initial 180 day grace period and the deceased had a current LTC at time of death.
All of the individuals who would be inheriting the firearms have current LTC's as well.
From reading the sticky, it would *seem* that each inheritor can file an Inheritance transaction on the Massachusetts Gun Portal, but not 100% sure?
Just wondering what the best next steps would be and what options are available?
Thanks in advance
There is no "180 day grace period" to get rid of guns, forget that misinformation.
Inheritance means that the distribution was laid out in a will, not that the executor decided who gets what.
NEVER use the inheritance option, if you really want to know why take my MA Gun Law Seminar, otherwise take my word for it (or read some of my posts on that issue).
If it is a genuine "inheritance" (laid out as such in the will), use Registration with NO info on source of the gun, just info on gun and new owner.
If it is the executor deciding to split up the guns, then the executor can only do 4 FTF eFA-10 transactions/calendar year (assuming all parties are in MA, otherwise MUST use an FFL per Fed Law) or use an FFL to do any/all of them (assuming handguns are all on the MA EOPS Roster and AG compliant). These are just normal transfers between parties for a case like this.
Thanks for the clarification Len.
Would need to confirm whether the handguns are on the roster -- what happens in the case of older ones that may not be on the list, would a dealer still perform a transfer in that case?
In the case of an eFA10 personal transfer, would the executor need to use their info as the seller?
Thanks
I assume you would want to leave instructions for the executor to transfer specific non-roster guns (post1994 Glocks, free-state versions w/out safety BS, etc) via the efa10 and save the others for ffl transfer .
That's good to know. How about legally owned pre-1994 and pre 7/20 AR15s? Still protected by a will or firearms trust?
Thanks Len.
I understand that I need to verify any info received here, but in your (much valued) opinion, would the following statement in a will suffice, assuming everyone involved is a MA resident?
“Regarding my Firearms collection, I want one third of them to go to my spouse if she survives me, and the rest divided equally between my son John Smith, and my daughter Mary Smith. “
I want to be able to put in a general statement that works if I have 3 guns or 13. I don’t want to have to change it every time I buy or sell a gun. The above statement also assumes all parties have their MA LTC.
- Cuz
“Regarding my Firearms collection, I want one third of them to go to my spouse if she survives me, and the rest divided equally between my son John Smith, and my daughter Mary Smith. “