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January 22nd, 2022, 02:59 PM #1
Inheriting guns and registration questions.
Recently inherited some guns from my maternal grandfather. Unsure of the registration status of the guns due to the age of the guns. What steps have to be taken to be all legal. Estate lawyer attempted to tell my mom "it's more trouble than it's worth" and "he'll help and take the guns off her hands".
No thank you sir.
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:04 PM #2
Re: Inheriting guns and registration questions.
'What guns... "
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:06 PM #3
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:11 PM #4Junior Member
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Re: Inheriting guns and registration questions.
A couple of questions
Are the firearms in the same state as you?
Were they left to you specifically in the will?
Are you the executor of the will by any chance?
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:19 PM #5
Re: Inheriting guns and registration questions.
The very first thing is to get another lawyer, as this one is trying to con you out of valuable property.
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:30 PM #6
Re: Inheriting guns and registration questions.
If they now legally belong to your mother, and she is in Pennsylvania also, she can give them to you without paperwork. Handguns and long guns. I agree with imashooter2, the lawyer is trying to steal your property.
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:35 PM #7Grand Member
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:40 PM #8
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ditch the lawyer and file a complaint with the Bar assnEcclesiastes 10:2 ...........
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:54 PM #9
Re: Inheriting guns and registration questions.
Pictured is a Colt model 1903. It appears to be in decent condition for age. It doesn't matter what if any records are in existence on the gun, in Pennsylvania the gun can be passed to you by Grandmom. There is no such thing as registration. In PA, there is record of sale, which goes back to 1923. It is highly possible the gun predates even that. Look up the serial number/date of manufacture on a website.
If you become interested in carry concealed, buy another gun and leave this one at home. It would be a shame if it wound up thrown in a box in some damp police station basement evidence vault while investigation drags on because when the cop ran the numbers it came up blank and "unregistered firearm" (illegal, but it happens).
About the gun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_M...ket_HammerlessThere are two kinds of guns. Those I have acquired, and those I hope to.
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January 22nd, 2022, 03:56 PM #10
Re: Inheriting guns and registration questions.
PA and Federal law allow for intrastate and interstate transfers without paperwork of guns(and PA "firearms") due to bequest(a will) and intestate succession(family inheritance when there isn't a will). Same with most other states.. NY and maybe a couple others require permits/paperwork.
So long as that gun isn't stolen, it is yours. Period.
And I concur with Daycrawler and middlefinger, ditch that lawyer. There are no legal problems, he was either going to keep it for himself or turn it over to police for destruction.RIP: SFN, 1861, twoeggsup, Lambo, jamesjo, JayBell, 32 Magnum, Pro2A, mrwildroot, dregan, Frenchy, Fragger, ungawa, Mtn Jack, Grapeshot, R.W.J., PennsyPlinker, Statkowski, Deanimator, roland, aubie515
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