Father-in-law gifted gun

[1blindref]

My father-in-law gave me his Police service revolver (1950 Colt Official Police) as a Christmas gift.
Do I have to have it transfered to me through an FFL or is it treated like a father to son gift transfer?
Thanks

[Agent Smith]

I may be wrong, but I think that only parent to child transfers can be done without an FFL. Any others need to go through an FFL.

[Pa. Patriot]

The law says "parent" or "grandparent".
I would say father in law doesn't qualify.

[Hawk]

Can't he get around this by having his F-I-L gift it to his wife (F-I-L's daughter) and then his wife can gift it to him?


Hawk,

[Penguini66]

My father-in-law gave me his Police service revolver (1950 Colt Official Police) as a Christmas gift.
Do I have to have it transfered to me through an FFL or is it treated like a father to son gift transfer?
Thanks

Politely tell your father-in-law that you cannot accept the revolver as a gift without paperwork and that he should instead gift it to his daughter (your wife). Then, if your wife is nice enough, she will share it with you.

[Zef_66]

Politely tell your father-in-law that you cannot accept the revolver as a gift without paperwork and that he should instead gift it to his daughter (your wife). Then, if your wife is nice enough, she will share it with you.

Just make sure everyone knows what is going on. You don't want to get stopped by the police some day, have your sidearm checked in the non-existent registry and it comes up in your father-in-law's name. Then you describe how he gave it to your wife, and she gave it to you. Just as a check, the cop calls your wife and she knows nothing about a gun, and states she never owned a gun. Yeah, you're screwed.

[Xringshooter]

An F-I-L is not classed as a parent in this case. Yes, he could gift it to his daughter (parent-child) and she could gift it to him (spouse-spouse).....As long as both can legally own a gun. If wife had something that prohibited her from owning, her dad could not give it to her; and if hubby had something that did not allow him to own, then she could not give it to him.

[Pa. Patriot]

Just make sure everyone knows what is going on. You don't want to get stopped by the police some day, have your sidearm checked in the non-existent registry and it comes up in your father-in-law's name. Then you describe how he gave it to your wife, and she gave it to you. Just as a check, the cop calls your wife and she knows nothing about a gun, and states she never owned a gun. Yeah, you're screwed.

Kicker is if he has a LTCF they shouldn't even ask as it is irrelevant. UNLESS they are investigating a theft of that gun...

[Zef_66]

Kicker is if he has a LTCF they shouldn't even ask as it is irrelevant. UNLESS they are investigating a theft of that gun...

But if the gun was not reported stolen, and in the course of a normal stop the cop find out that illegial activity has taken place by the FIL gifting the gun to someone without the proper paperwork, then it is relevant. I agree they shouldn't ask to run the gun....but you know as well as I do how that goes. They are just checking to see if the gun has been reported stolen, much like they run your license plate of your car to see if it is all legal.

[1blindref]

Thanks for all of the info so far.

Good point about gifting to his daughter (my wife) and then to me. I didn't even think of that angle.

A few things about the gun that I'll post.

I'll never carry it or probably even shoot it so transporting it shouldn't be an issue, but I do have a LTCF and so does my wife .

The lock up is a bit loose on it and I wouldn't trust shooting it until a gunsmith looked at it.

It will be a safe queen and an heirloom/conversation piece.


and of course - a picture



I also have his duty rig and a couple of pictures of him receiving awards with him wearing the gun and rig.
He is a retired Philadelphia Police Officer. He served under Frank Rizzo.
It's one of the best Christmas presents that I ever got.