New Owner

**PopPop** · December 30th, 2011, 04:57 PM

I have inherited 2 single action pistols from my father who has passed. I have never owned a firearm in the past and am very excited start enjoying them. Am I correct in saying that I do not need to register these firearms with the state of Pa? I want to be as legal as possible.

**knight0334** · December 30th, 2011, 05:00 PM

There is no registration in PA.

Also, transfers from bequest(a will) or intestate succession(inheritance in family relations) are legal without paperwork.

You can go the extra lengths of taking the handguns to a FFL and transferring them to yourself. However it is completely unnecessary.

**GunGirl610** · December 30th, 2011, 05:01 PM

Correct sir! congrats on your new firearms but I am sorry to hear of his passing

**Siobhra** · December 31st, 2011, 02:49 AM

But since you are new it will do you good to take a NRA course in firearms. Learn the laws. Don't let the laws get you.

**TerminusEst** · December 31st, 2011, 02:56 AM

Some of it is going to depend on what you want to do with them.

Like others have said, you do not need to do anything for them to be legally yours. If you just want to keep them or even display them you should be good to go.

However if you actually want to shoot them, you can legally only carry them to and from a range or a gunsmith and they must be unloaded. You can bypass those regulations, and possibly avoid any potential headaches, by getting yourself a License to Carry Firearms. Depending on what county you're in the process might be slightly different, but you would have to go to the county's sherriff's office and fill out an application for the LTCF and pay the fee (usually around $20). In Lancaster I walked in with $20 cash and walked out 20 min later with my freshly minted license, still hot from the printer.

It's up to you if you want to go this route and if you plan on really doing anything with them you might want to do it. If you have any other questions about things ask away on these forums. Tons of people here that are so more knowledgable than me