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December 2nd, 2009, 05:41 PM #1Junior Member
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Question - Registration
I'm hoping someone on here can help me with a question about gun registration and transfer.
Recently my dad brought up the topic of passing down his gun collection to my brothers and I.
He has a .38 revolver that he bought from a co-worker 25+ years ago that I'd really love to make my own. The problem is that the revolver has never been registered. As I understand the story there was nothing shady about the guy he bought it from he just needed some cash to pay bills.
What is the process for getting this registered and transferred? To complicate matters my family lives in Eastern West Virginia and I live in the Pittsburgh area.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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December 2nd, 2009, 05:48 PM #2Banned
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25 years ago? What were West Virginia's laws 25 years ago. Legally, while your father is alive, you have to transfer it through an FFL. The process is that your father delivers the guns to a local FFL, you pay the FFL to do the paperwork and the PSP now has your guns in their non-existant registry.
Are you sure that your father didn't give you the gun before you moved to Pennsylvania and you brought it with you when you moved here?
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December 2nd, 2009, 05:52 PM #3
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There is no "registration" in PA (and other states too), however, because this "transfer" will cross state lines, it will have to go through an FFL in the recipient's home state. He can bring the guns up here and accompany you to an FFL to complete the required paperwork, and when the background check is complete, you can legally take possession of the firearm.
If he is unwilling or unable to get to your area, he can either have an FFL in his area ship them to an FFL of your choosing, or he may ship them directly to your FFL himself via common carrier (UPS, FedEx).Last edited by gnbrotz; December 2nd, 2009 at 05:55 PM.
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December 2nd, 2009, 05:56 PM #4
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I thought inheritance didn't need any sort of transfers? Or does it being interstate change that?
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December 2nd, 2009, 08:11 PM #5
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Re: Question - Registration
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December 3rd, 2009, 12:27 AM #9
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let me get this straight.
My wifes' dad passed several years ago and has a gun collection still in the house (now the wifes mother's)
Can my wife get these guns with-out any FFL involvement?
Therefore, I can CC these guns being that they belong to my wife??
And what is NFA ????
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December 3rd, 2009, 01:41 AM #10Banned
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