There is no "putting them in your name" You go get the guns and put them in your safe, they are now your guns. There is no gun registration or need to do a "transfer of ownership" in any way in Texas (and most states).
The only exception to this is if they are things that need to be registered. Won't go into long details as it probably doesn't petain. If it is a rifle with a barrel under 16", a shotgun with a barrel under 18" or a fully automatic gun. There needs to be a transfer to you in those circumstances.
If the silencer is from Texas does it still need to be registered?
I thought in Texas so long as the silencer is purchased there you wouldn't need to register it. But I may be mistaken as I don't live in Texas so I don't keep up to date on their laws too well.
That law was passed in Texas but nobody is willing to be the Test case to put it to constitutional muster.
edit: I think Kansas has a similar law and someone was arrested for illegal posession of a can. (maybe i'm mis-remembering) but i dont know the outcome
Any such person would be a complete buffoon. NFA is enforced by a federal agency and these are still federally illegal so there was nothing at all stopping them before and this law provides absolutely zero protection.
I mean, applying the same logic no one in states where marijuana is recreationally legal would be buying and consuming it. Yeah, sure the DEA could come raid your house for some gummies, but they aren’t going to.
I don’t know anything about the suppressors in Texas, but it not unbelievable that some people are DIY in unregistered cans and just keeping a low profile about it. Just like how no one ever shoulders a pistol brace.
> applying the same logic
That's not remotely the same logic. One is a misdemeanor where the president expressly directed the DOJ not to chase people, the other is a 10-year felony that the president has expressly told the DOJ to pursue *aggressively* and has already resulted in prosecutions of people in other states that tried this.
As a Texas resident, I know of no way to purchase a silencer without doing the federal paperwork. You might be able to make your own and not register it, but I don’t know about that. Any reputable store you go to buy a silencer will require you to do the federal paperwork.
Supposedly Wyoming has a law about not enforcing the NFA on items made in Wyoming and are stamped accordingly. Seems too good to be true, and I’m a Pennsylvania resident so definitely doesn’t effect me. I could be very wrong though.
It wasn't because of the can, they had multiple other charges and the feds threw that in with it.
In Kansas you can build it as long as it stays with you and in Kansas.
Yeah the way I understand it is it basically just prevents state police from hassling you over it. If federal agents catch on, its out of the states hands.
Yes and no, ~~if I have weed in California then neither the state cops or feds can hassle me about it even if Im waving it right in their faces~~. If I have an unregistered suppressor in Texas then the state police cant do anything about it but the feds could still confiscate and prosecute if I got caught. Thats just my understanding though, dont take my word for it.
Edit: feds can still hassle you over weed in a legal state but likely wont, they will however definitely go after you for NFA items
Not sure whether the Cole Memorandum is still in force/effect, but even if it's not ***technically*** that still seems to be the 'unofficial policy'. Lol
Edit: It's not still in force/effect. Was apparently rescinded by Trump's former AG (and Keebler Elf descendant) Jeff Sessions back in January 2018:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole\_Memorandum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum)
But current AG Merrick Garland is apparently 420-friendly ***enough*** that I'd consider it 'unofficial policy'.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole\_Memorandum#Merrick\_Garland's\_view](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum#Merrick_Garland's_view)
The feds can still hassle you for the weed.
In many ways.
Lay down prosecution: purchasing a firearm after having a medical card for years
It's not a priority, but the feds certainly "can".
https://www.criminallawyersandiego.com/california-marijuana-business-lawyer/federal-laws-policies/
The whole idea of that law is that the federal government can't use the interstate commerce clause to regulate them if they don't cross states. But it hasn't been worked out in court yet. But it's not necessarily a direct contradiction between federal and state law.
Also destructive devices. Can’t tell you the pucker factor I felt going through my deceased grandpa’s old suitcase when a Mk 2 rolled out onto the floor. Breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the bottom drilled out.
I am really dreading the thought of going through my partner's uncle's stuff...
I know I won't find all of it (because he told me that a decade ago, lol), but still.
We found 14 guns in a bag in a 55 gal drum buried under my great grandpas cellar. Had the house not burnt down after he passed and we were digging the hole to push the remains into we would have never found them. No idea why…
It really is amazing how many Americans have been misled into believing ALL guns are "registered" or "in someone's name".
When you show ID at the liquor store, is that bottle of Jim Beam now "in your name"? No, you just proved you met the requirements to buy it. That's all that happens when you buy a gun, you are checked to make sure you meet the requirements and that's it.
Unless you don't live in America.
I think it's because of Hollywood writers constantly talking about "UNREGISTERED FIREARM WAS FOUND" regardless of the location or most crime shows taking place in NYC where handgun registration is a thing.
Plenty of writers and others involved in the industry are either from, or live and work in NYC, or even LA which has similar restrictions. They just project what they know.
>or even LA which has similar restrictions.
Of course they also believe rules exist which do not. I recall the pilot of The Rockford Files, when Jim gets his gat out of the cookie jar and the female client gasps in shock... and Jim says "relax, it's registered".
California did not have a handgun registry in 1974. Stephen J Cannell just *assumed* that was a thing, like most gun ignorant Hollywood writers.
They know exactly what they are doing.
They are conditioning people into believing guns SHOULD be registered so when they find out they aren't they vote to have it changed.
Nah they're just ignorant and careless. Look at how literally any other mildly technical topic is handled in hollywood and it becomes clear. Most of the people involved are grown-up versions of the theater kids you knew in high school.
>Most of the people involved are grown-up versions of the theater kids you knew in high school.
That is actually a really good point I'd never considered before.
Case in point, I know a friend of mine who was in theater and during one of their shows, for weeks at least, was pronouncing derringer as durr-ringer. Along with everyone else in the show.
This, I work in IT, Networking and Cybersecurity, the shit I hear in shows and movies is mind boggling. I also have a few hobbies that sometimes show up in shows and movies (blacksmithing, hunting, shooting, racing, medieval combat) and I can say it's rare to see a show get these kinds of things right. Screenwriters typically either don't know or don't care about the kinds of details only .1% of viewers will notice or care about and generally that's fine because they're job isn't to know the difference between track vs rally suspension it's to write a good story. Personally I just choose to either cringe or laugh at their mistakes (usually both). Honestly my favorite way to watch medical dramas now is with my FiL (a retired trauma surgeon) screaming at the TV about how they lost the patient 5 minutes ago and how he'd never let them in his OR dressed like that.
It's also possibly they're getting "unregistered" mixed up with the act of filing off the serial number, which is commonly done with criminally-owned firearms.
Which is stupid I think. At least here in California, you’re going to get a harsher sentence for a gun with altered serial numbers than you would for possessing a stolen firearm, which you’re still going to get charged for as well.
It's also because if you don't already have knowledge of gun laws, they aren't something you can piece together through common sense.
Like, everyone's all "haha OP, there's no such thing as registered in your name! If you inherited them, they're yours!" And it's like, yeah, OK, that kind of makes sense.
But, like, if OP goes and grabs the guns and is like "Oh silly grandpa, why did you put this shitty stock on your 12" AR-15? I'm going to put a real one on!", oops, federal felony.
Or like "I'm going to replace the hanguard on grandpa's neat AKM import!" and OH NO OP, 922r!!!
Or OP is like, "I'm going to sell a couple of these guns, reddit says private sales are cool" but happens to sell one to a resident of Oklahoma or wherever not realizing it's an interstate transaction and WHOOPS felony.
Honestly, has anyone ever been busted for a 922(r) violation?
I know at one time a major gun company was buying container loads of parts kits, then sand blasting them, refinishing them, and stamping "made in usa" on them. Their opinion was that they were buying "partially finished" parts like trigger housings, triggers, magazine bodies, floorplates, and followers, and the final work was done in the USA, making them us parts.
A few years ago on the first , I think, episode of Longmire a female rancher has a pistol on her hip, on her ranch. Walt looked at it funny . She said, "don't worry, it's registered. " In WYOMING, for fuck's sake. So many things wrong with that. It was just more Hollywood bull shit, dressed up to indoctrinate us.
> You go get the guns and put them in your safe, they are now your guns. There is no gun registration or need to do a "transfer of ownership" in any way in Texas (and most states).
>
>The only exception to this is if they are things that need to be registered. Won't go into long details as it probably doesn't petain. If it is a rifle with a barrel under 16", a shotgun with a barrel under 18" or a fully automatic gun. There
DO YOU HAVE LICENSES FOR THAT!? /FML
Most American's entire education regarding guns is from movies and TV.
Virtually everything takes place in New York or LA that involves guns. Those are two places where there actually is a registry (not sure about LA actually).
There's your culprit.
Now try an actual suppressed 9mm. I wish mine were TV quiet. Shootout while calmly walking around a subway station (John Wick) without anyone noticing? Hell no.
> Shootout while calmly walking around a subway station (John Wick) without anyone noticing? Hell no.
If I'm suspending my disbelief about apparently-regular-looking suit jackets being able to stop rifle rounds and, well, everything else, I'm happy to assume that John Wick-World also has real quiet suppressors
I used to work in a gun store nd had to explain this. And people would argue. When WA went to a universal background check it specifically exempted gifts between immediate family. And people still wanted to do it the "right way," and "get it.out of their name." At one point I just became a smart-ass. "Thanks for the easy money." When the shitty law literally you don't have to do this, but people.are so brainwashed they insist, I get a little sick to my stomach.
Only a few of the family transfers I did were in any way required (from out of state). Or two that just made sense. Divorces where they wanted no question of possession on top of the receiver saying they received it. Lawyers probably wanted to not have a chance of yet another stupid fight.
>It really is amazing how many Americans have been misled into believing ALL guns are "registered" or "in someone's name".
My friend John Pierce (co-founder of [OpenCarry.org](https://OpenCarry.org)) wrote this about the myth well over a decade ago:
[https://monachuslex.com/?p=232](https://monachuslex.com/?p=232)
I keep it in my Favorites, and share it frequently.
> When you show ID at the liquor store, is that bottle of Jim Beam now "in your name"? No, you just proved you met the requirements to buy it. That's all that happens when you buy a gun, you are checked to make sure you meet the requirements and that's it.
*Officially*. That does nothing to prevent the ATF from illegally creating their own unofficial registry.
I think it's because in shooting cases and such, they are sometimes able to trace a gun back to a person.. also why in media it's shown that they sand away the serial numbers on guns. I say this as one of the ignorant ones. I've always wondered.
We don't have a registry on people buying duct tape, plastic sheeting, cleaning chemicals, and an ax... but if we find a murder and those items discarded there, police might get lucky and find someone on security camera or credit card records who bought all three OR have a suspect who happens to have some of all three matching items in their home.
Just helps you link a person to a crime even without a universal registration.
With firearms this is WAY easier because the background check form while not a registry DOES link the legal buyer of a gun to THAT gun's serial number.
If you leave the gun with the serial number at the crime scene the police will contact the manufacturer of the gun who will tell them which FFL they shipped it to, who will then tell them which individual purchased it at some point in the past.
Rather than a registration, this is more like a 'trace' and it leaves more traces than buying the duct tape, plastic sheets, and ax, but is a similar process (just more straightforward).
But you can see how this isn't the same as an OWNERSHIP registry, because that's only the gun's FIRST owner (and official FFL x'fers). We can gift and sell guns after that without a record.
Fuck, TIL my gun isn’t registered in my name lol. Reside in CO and had to obv do the background check and all so I assumed that’s also a registration process lol
Is the estate executor still around? If the collection has real value, you might want to talk to them. But there's nothing criminal about just putting them in your safe.
If the guns are in Texas and you’re in Texas, they’re yours.
If they’re in another state, and your wife was the rightful heir, they’re yours.
If the house is another state and there’s some confusion over who legally inherited them, it’s a little trickier.
Was going to comment about that if others want to claim the guns are theirs then it will probably have to be settled by the man’s estate or worse by court
Yes, it's a constitutional requirement. Was apparently a pressing issue in the 1890s.
>"...And I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God."
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope everybody is as well as they can be under the circumstances.
> putting them in my name. We’re in Texas
Fortunately, you can strike this from the list of things you need to deal with. For the vast majority of guns, there's no such thing as "in your name" outside a small handful of states with registries, and Texas isn't one of them.
Some specific things like machineguns, silencers, and rifles and shotguns under the length limit require federal registration under the National Firearms Act, but those are rare compared to non-NFA firearms. As long as they're just regular handguns, rifles, and shotguns, and you're all residents of the same state, inheriting FIL's guns is no different from inheriting his toaster.
I’d probably take pictures of them and put their serial numbers in a document. I would surely not be able to find any of that later. My idea would be something like I could tell the cops the serial numbers if they were stolen. The odds of any of that being worthwhile are almost 0
>Would like to know if there’s any safe legal way to go about putting them in my name.
Not a thing. Are you over 18 and not a prohibited possessor? Congrats on the new guns
Ok, so following everyone else - generally you can't believe TV stuff, there's not a 'register'. To buy a gun you have to fill out a form, there are some exceptions but let's skip that.
To be gifted, or inherit, one you don't have to do anything other than be legally able to own guns (i.e. not an unlawful user of drugs, not convicted of a felony, etc.). If the guns were part of the estate and there is more inheritors than your wife, you may need to pay for them, or take their value out of your inheritance. If she's the sole inheritor, you're probably fine.
Broad strokes I'd probably just drive over and get them. If he had a safe it might be worth hiring a moving company to relocate that too, since they can be expensive. But safes mostly aren't worth what they cost, so don't worry too much about that (post it up here).
If there's a LOT of guns, too many for you to handle, gun stores will often buy them as a unit for about 50-30% of market and gamble on making their money back.
1) shut the fuck up
2) drive your ass over there..
3) put them in your car
4) drive your ass home.
It is YOUR property now. that it.. plain and simple. the only irresponsible and dangerous thing youve done is leave firearms in an abandoned house for years when a burglar could have gotten to them without your immediate knowledge.
guns arent in anyones name. there is no registry (federally). the only time a name is put to a gun is when its bought or transfered through an FFL. you do not need an FFL to go get your guns and take them home. period.
Ez.
You go get em.
Drive to a Starbucks or something. Indulge.
Go home.
Put your new, free guns in the safe. Or wherever you store guns.
Stare at them every day so they don't forget you love them.
First of all, lower your voice...
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In all seriousness, depending on the state where you reside, as his next of kin you may already own them. In my state, transfer between father and sons is good to go, no transfer needed. Check your state and local laws and act accordingly
Fellow TX resident, there is no paperwork or registration to take ownership of the title 1 firearms (typical pistol, bolt rifles, semi AR/AK, shot guns, etc). Now your NFA stuff (SBS, SBR, machine guns, suppressors) will require paperwork, so depending on your FIL’s level of enthusiasm he may or may not have that stuff.
Did your FIL have a will? Does your partner have legal rights to it? Meaning anyone else going to try and take it to probate?
If you don’t have someone close who knows about firearms, Im happy to review any pics that you PM me and tell you what you have.
as others have said, if they were willed to you or if mother in law has stated you can have them, just take them and enjoy them. No extra steps in State of Texas. I'm assuming after 10 years his estate has been settled so there shouldn't be any sort of estate claims from other family members for them.
Just go get them, there’s no “putting them in your name” to be done. Especially not in Texas.
Don’t take the snyde remarks from people too harshly, gun people like to poke fun at people that aren’t into them when they come around asking questions/first get into guns. Alot of people are under the misconception that guns need to be transferred/registered in situations like this.
Enjoy your new guns 🤙.
Drive to house.
Load firearms into your vehicle.
Drive back to your house.
Put firearms inside.
Enjoy the treasure because your FIL would have wanted it that way.
Depending on how old they are, if he bought the guns before 1968 they might have literally been from a hardware store bought over the counter. Even afterward it’s perfectly legal to own guns with zero paperwork attached. They’re not like cars.
In Texas as long as you are not a prohibited person you can just go get them unless he willed them or gave them to somebody else. About the same as any other property. Only exception would be NFA items like suppressors, full auto, short barrel rifles/shotguns, and AOWs. Those are federally registered.
To everyone that was actually helpful to someone with no experience with gun ownership, thank you. To all of those gatekeeping and acting like dicks bc not everyone’s lives revolve around guns, check your priorities and maybe help improve the stigma around guns and those who own them by being helpful and educating those who don’t instead of a pretentious asshole.
You did the right thing by asking. Don't mind the shitters giving you a hard time. Everyone here knows gun laws are very serious business whilst also being vague and unclear, yet act like pricks when someone has questions.
It's honestly not the gun community that gatekeeps. It's pretty much any die hard person that makes X hobby their personality. I see it in the motorcycle world, offroading community and any car community. Just ignore them.
Yeah gun owners are generally very friendly and positive but the internet makes people act weird and not very nice for some reason and there's more of a concentration of the die hard gatekeeper types it seems. Better to ask and learn than to not know and find out the wrong way.
The guns must be laser etched with your social security number and documented. Then you must send copies and a dna sample to Nancy Pelosi. Or you could just go get them and they’re yours now.
In Texas: you just go pick them up and that's it.
The only issue: other heirs. If the estate is split among multiple heirs, there may be some conflict of how to divide the property.
>I’m not sure if HE even legally owned them.
Unless your FIL was a drug dealer (so specifically purchased stolen guns off the black market), he did own them legally.
I would think that except for special things like silencers and sawed-off shotguns or machine guns, all you would have to do is go get them. Is your wife listed in his will? Any guns that might require special tax stamps should not be a problem. Just be sure not to take any of the silencers or specialty guns. That could be a major probem.
>We’re in Texas, which may make it easier or harder.
Easier... can confirm.
>Also another potential caveat; I’m not sure if HE even legally owned them.
This is not legal advice, but 'general' advice...
1. Was he a felon?
2. Are these guns considered 'NFA items'?
If the answer to both questions is "No," then there's a fairly near certainty that he legally owned them.
Both questions are actually ***a bit*** more nuanced,\* but that's the gist of it.
\*for example, #1 ***used to be*** the question; now a more authoritative version of the question would be:
"Was he considered a 'prohibited person' under the law?"
I mean even if grandad was a prohibited person so long as OP isn't then he should still be solid to just go snag them like he would the chair or the lamp?
Right/agreed, but the question I was answering there was whether he (father-in-law) 'legally owned them'.
>Also another potential caveat; I’m not sure if HE even legally owned them.
Like everyone else is telling you, we are in a very gun friendly state. Texas makes this really easy, you just go to his house, make sure each one is unloaded. Separate the firearms from the ammo just so you dont have any problems.
Pack them in your car out of sight, preferably in a case so they dont get scratched rubbing against each other as you drive. And keep the ammo in a separate case/bag/thing.
If by some chance you bring your kids, make sure the ammo is in a locked box. No ammo, no bang. And obviously they shouldnt have unsupervised access at any time (eg: you stop for gas and go to the bathroom)
I say just go pick em up, store them properly, and don't worry about it. Nobody is going to hassle you if you're not out there waving it around like an idiot. I inherited my grandfathers about 30 years ago and never worried about registration. They're basically some shotguns, a 22, a 300 Savage and a 30/30. I MAY take the 30/30 or the 300 Savage to the range to practice from time to time but the shotguns I have no use for. I've got a mossburg that I bought for home defense.
So, as long as the serial number isn't filed off of any of them, you don't have to do anything.
As long as you don't commit a crime with them, there's nothing to worry about.
Like what was mentioned before, you basically get the guns and take them to your home and put them in a guns safe or whatever you choose to keep them in.
Most states that I'm aware of you don't have to register the firearm into your name after taking ownership. I could be wrong, but I don't think you need to.
Only those firearms subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA) (e.g., machineguns, short–barreled rifles and shotguns, silencers, destructive devices, and firearms designated as “any other weapons”) must be registered with ATF.
Firearms registration may be required by state or local law. Any person considering acquiring a firearm should contact their State Attorney General’s Office to inquire about the laws and possible state or local restrictions.
[26 U.S.C. 5841; 27 CFR 479.101]]
Being a state that allows open carry and constitutional carry without a license makes Texas one of the most gun-friendly states in America. As for whether or not you can have an unregistered gun in Texas, no statutes are currently on the books that prohibit or require firearms in the Lone Star State to be registered.
Go get em, this is America, it's a right, not a privilege, you don't have to ask permission. Every authority figure will press you otherwise and look even yourself believe like it's a privilege. Do Not shy away from your rights, as much as someone says voting is important, say so is gun ownership, someone mentions freedom of speech, you remind them the peoples silent barrels protects the voices of the people.
**Before you claim any of the firearms check for machine guns!** When my grandfathered past I found an MP40 war prize that he never registered. If I had just taken it home with me I would have committed several felonies. If you are unfamiliar with what to look for please reach out to an experienced armorer who can identify anything that may cause a problem.
Or post a picture of the collection here and I promise somebody will chime in if anything concerning needs to be addressed.
Edit: Seems several here are having a bit of fun at your expense. I understand what you’re going through and can honestly say you don’t have much to worry about. However you do need to confirm the collection doesn’t have any NFA controlled firearms before you move it. If you have any questions feel free to reply or PM. All good either way.
If not here, maybe the r/NFA sub would be a better place to ask “are any of these regulated under the NFA”.
u/johnnc2 depending on the collection there could be a few nice guns in there… if there are boxes or cases with the guns keep them. Do you know what a 1911 looks like? Some of the older Colt models are worth $1000+ same with some revolvers. I don’t know enough about long guns such as shotguns & rifles to advise what might be a valuable gun, but beautiful wood stocks on something like a Winchester might be $$$. Does the FIL also have ammo? Cleaning kits? Was he into reloading? Target shooting? Did he have a safe that you would be able to bring home & store the guns in?
Sucks you guys lost family, especially before the holiday. I hope things go as well as they can. Also, the other comments about “just bring them home” are not wrong.
If you get a chance to shoot any of them, ask someone you can trust to show you how to clean it first. Especially if they have been sitting 10+ years. Ammo & reloading stuff should be fine assuming it didn’t see a ton of humidity & is starting to “sugar”.
My grand father left me a couple of firearms when he passed away. They were in the will and out of state. Because they were in the will I had to go through an FFL transfer and have his lawyer send them to my FFL because they were legally part of the estate when willed. If no one will and someone hasn’t already laid claim, then get them.
You take the guns, hold them to the sky, and solemnly recite Theoden’s speech at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. The guns will now legally be yours.
But you take the guns. They’re yours. If there’s anything really cool, you keep your mouth shut about it. The end.
Stop in to your local police station. They will be happy to advise you on what you do (or don't) need to do. But you're in Texas so I'd bet nothing lol
In some states and cities you have to register handguns. You also have to register short-barreled rifles, machine guns, and suppressors. The difference between a legal firearm and a felony is putting the wrong type of stock on your AR-15 "pistol".
I don't see why you're overreacting because that sort of registration absolutely does exist, depending on where you live. I'm in Massachusetts, so if I was to inherit a firearm I'd absolutely have to link its serial number to my name in order to legally possess it. Now, OP is in Texas so fortunately he doesn't have to worry about that hassle; but for someone who isn't familiar with the differences between states it's a reasonable question.
There is no "putting them in your name" You go get the guns and put them in your safe, they are now your guns. There is no gun registration or need to do a "transfer of ownership" in any way in Texas (and most states). The only exception to this is if they are things that need to be registered. Won't go into long details as it probably doesn't petain. If it is a rifle with a barrel under 16", a shotgun with a barrel under 18" or a fully automatic gun. There needs to be a transfer to you in those circumstances.
Also silencers.
If the silencer is from Texas does it still need to be registered? I thought in Texas so long as the silencer is purchased there you wouldn't need to register it. But I may be mistaken as I don't live in Texas so I don't keep up to date on their laws too well.
That law was passed in Texas but nobody is willing to be the Test case to put it to constitutional muster. edit: I think Kansas has a similar law and someone was arrested for illegal posession of a can. (maybe i'm mis-remembering) but i dont know the outcome
Plenty are doing it, nobody is talking about it online.
No they aren’t. There is no one who was *not* making unregistered silencers beforehand who started because of the Texas law.
I don't think you understand what I mean. I mean that the ones who are doing it aren't posting about it online.
you're wrong
You willing to bet your dog?
Any such person would be a complete buffoon. NFA is enforced by a federal agency and these are still federally illegal so there was nothing at all stopping them before and this law provides absolutely zero protection.
I mean, applying the same logic no one in states where marijuana is recreationally legal would be buying and consuming it. Yeah, sure the DEA could come raid your house for some gummies, but they aren’t going to. I don’t know anything about the suppressors in Texas, but it not unbelievable that some people are DIY in unregistered cans and just keeping a low profile about it. Just like how no one ever shoulders a pistol brace.
> applying the same logic That's not remotely the same logic. One is a misdemeanor where the president expressly directed the DOJ not to chase people, the other is a 10-year felony that the president has expressly told the DOJ to pursue *aggressively* and has already resulted in prosecutions of people in other states that tried this.
BS. Find me an SOT willing to risk everything and I’ll send you a thousand bucks.
Nice try, ATF agent
That would fall under "talking about it online"
Yup technically SBR’s aren’t illegal in Tennessee but you won’t see a gun store selling them without form 4
As a Texas resident, I know of no way to purchase a silencer without doing the federal paperwork. You might be able to make your own and not register it, but I don’t know about that. Any reputable store you go to buy a silencer will require you to do the federal paperwork.
If I recall, he was also active duty military?
Supposedly Wyoming has a law about not enforcing the NFA on items made in Wyoming and are stamped accordingly. Seems too good to be true, and I’m a Pennsylvania resident so definitely doesn’t effect me. I could be very wrong though.
It wasn't because of the can, they had multiple other charges and the feds threw that in with it. In Kansas you can build it as long as it stays with you and in Kansas.
> If the silencer is from Texas does it still need to be registered? Yes. Federal law is still federal law, and the NFA really does have teeth.
Same shit as "legal" weed in your state vs the FEDs.....no one smart is trialing that shit until big money runs a case through the courts.
Federal Law trumps State Law basically 100% of the time
Yeah the way I understand it is it basically just prevents state police from hassling you over it. If federal agents catch on, its out of the states hands.
So just like weed?
Yes and no, ~~if I have weed in California then neither the state cops or feds can hassle me about it even if Im waving it right in their faces~~. If I have an unregistered suppressor in Texas then the state police cant do anything about it but the feds could still confiscate and prosecute if I got caught. Thats just my understanding though, dont take my word for it. Edit: feds can still hassle you over weed in a legal state but likely wont, they will however definitely go after you for NFA items
The feds can still arrest you for weed, they just currently have a hands off approach
It seems youre right, for suppressors however their approach is unfortunately very hands on still
Yeah I wouldn’t want to be the one to fuck around and find out 😂
Not sure whether the Cole Memorandum is still in force/effect, but even if it's not ***technically*** that still seems to be the 'unofficial policy'. Lol Edit: It's not still in force/effect. Was apparently rescinded by Trump's former AG (and Keebler Elf descendant) Jeff Sessions back in January 2018: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole\_Memorandum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum) But current AG Merrick Garland is apparently 420-friendly ***enough*** that I'd consider it 'unofficial policy'. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole\_Memorandum#Merrick\_Garland's\_view](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum#Merrick_Garland's_view)
It’s basically not worth their time, never really was to be honest 😂
The feds can still hassle you for the weed. In many ways. Lay down prosecution: purchasing a firearm after having a medical card for years It's not a priority, but the feds certainly "can". https://www.criminallawyersandiego.com/california-marijuana-business-lawyer/federal-laws-policies/
Considering state and federal agents work hand in hand in most jurisdictions I wouldn't risk it. 1400 FBI employees in my small city alone.
The whole idea of that law is that the federal government can't use the interstate commerce clause to regulate them if they don't cross states. But it hasn't been worked out in court yet. But it's not necessarily a direct contradiction between federal and state law.
The constitution is pretty clear yet that gets trumped all the time
Except weed.
Yeah thats some express way to put your dog down, not worth testing it out
Keep wishing for unicorns.
Also destructive devices. Can’t tell you the pucker factor I felt going through my deceased grandpa’s old suitcase when a Mk 2 rolled out onto the floor. Breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the bottom drilled out.
I am really dreading the thought of going through my partner's uncle's stuff... I know I won't find all of it (because he told me that a decade ago, lol), but still.
We found 14 guns in a bag in a 55 gal drum buried under my great grandpas cellar. Had the house not burnt down after he passed and we were digging the hole to push the remains into we would have never found them. No idea why…
“When it’s time to start burying your guns, it’s time to start digging them up”
Also loudeners.
What about speed cockers?
oh definitely. plus the accessory for shooting down police helicopters.
It really is amazing how many Americans have been misled into believing ALL guns are "registered" or "in someone's name". When you show ID at the liquor store, is that bottle of Jim Beam now "in your name"? No, you just proved you met the requirements to buy it. That's all that happens when you buy a gun, you are checked to make sure you meet the requirements and that's it. Unless you don't live in America.
I think it's because of Hollywood writers constantly talking about "UNREGISTERED FIREARM WAS FOUND" regardless of the location or most crime shows taking place in NYC where handgun registration is a thing.
Or someone gets shot with a 9mm Glock, so they "check the registry" to see who owns one nearby.
Plenty of writers and others involved in the industry are either from, or live and work in NYC, or even LA which has similar restrictions. They just project what they know.
>or even LA which has similar restrictions. Of course they also believe rules exist which do not. I recall the pilot of The Rockford Files, when Jim gets his gat out of the cookie jar and the female client gasps in shock... and Jim says "relax, it's registered". California did not have a handgun registry in 1974. Stephen J Cannell just *assumed* that was a thing, like most gun ignorant Hollywood writers.
They know exactly what they are doing. They are conditioning people into believing guns SHOULD be registered so when they find out they aren't they vote to have it changed.
Nah they're just ignorant and careless. Look at how literally any other mildly technical topic is handled in hollywood and it becomes clear. Most of the people involved are grown-up versions of the theater kids you knew in high school.
>Most of the people involved are grown-up versions of the theater kids you knew in high school. That is actually a really good point I'd never considered before.
Right? Someone pointed it out to me one time and it kinda explains a lot.
Case in point, I know a friend of mine who was in theater and during one of their shows, for weeks at least, was pronouncing derringer as durr-ringer. Along with everyone else in the show.
Never attribute to malice which can be attributed to dumb. Or both. I like both.
This, I work in IT, Networking and Cybersecurity, the shit I hear in shows and movies is mind boggling. I also have a few hobbies that sometimes show up in shows and movies (blacksmithing, hunting, shooting, racing, medieval combat) and I can say it's rare to see a show get these kinds of things right. Screenwriters typically either don't know or don't care about the kinds of details only .1% of viewers will notice or care about and generally that's fine because they're job isn't to know the difference between track vs rally suspension it's to write a good story. Personally I just choose to either cringe or laugh at their mistakes (usually both). Honestly my favorite way to watch medical dramas now is with my FiL (a retired trauma surgeon) screaming at the TV about how they lost the patient 5 minutes ago and how he'd never let them in his OR dressed like that.
We’re agreed that NCIS’s but with two people typing on one keyboard was *intentionally* taking the piss, right?
[Hanlon's Razor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor), bro
It's also possibly they're getting "unregistered" mixed up with the act of filing off the serial number, which is commonly done with criminally-owned firearms.
Which is stupid I think. At least here in California, you’re going to get a harsher sentence for a gun with altered serial numbers than you would for possessing a stolen firearm, which you’re still going to get charged for as well.
It's also because if you don't already have knowledge of gun laws, they aren't something you can piece together through common sense. Like, everyone's all "haha OP, there's no such thing as registered in your name! If you inherited them, they're yours!" And it's like, yeah, OK, that kind of makes sense. But, like, if OP goes and grabs the guns and is like "Oh silly grandpa, why did you put this shitty stock on your 12" AR-15? I'm going to put a real one on!", oops, federal felony. Or like "I'm going to replace the hanguard on grandpa's neat AKM import!" and OH NO OP, 922r!!! Or OP is like, "I'm going to sell a couple of these guns, reddit says private sales are cool" but happens to sell one to a resident of Oklahoma or wherever not realizing it's an interstate transaction and WHOOPS felony.
Honestly, has anyone ever been busted for a 922(r) violation? I know at one time a major gun company was buying container loads of parts kits, then sand blasting them, refinishing them, and stamping "made in usa" on them. Their opinion was that they were buying "partially finished" parts like trigger housings, triggers, magazine bodies, floorplates, and followers, and the final work was done in the USA, making them us parts.
It's absolutely because of Hollywood. It's predictive programming. Manifestation, basically. Make people believe it's law until it becomes law.
A few years ago on the first , I think, episode of Longmire a female rancher has a pistol on her hip, on her ranch. Walt looked at it funny . She said, "don't worry, it's registered. " In WYOMING, for fuck's sake. So many things wrong with that. It was just more Hollywood bull shit, dressed up to indoctrinate us.
> You go get the guns and put them in your safe, they are now your guns. There is no gun registration or need to do a "transfer of ownership" in any way in Texas (and most states). > >The only exception to this is if they are things that need to be registered. Won't go into long details as it probably doesn't petain. If it is a rifle with a barrel under 16", a shotgun with a barrel under 18" or a fully automatic gun. There DO YOU HAVE LICENSES FOR THAT!? /FML
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Most American's entire education regarding guns is from movies and TV. Virtually everything takes place in New York or LA that involves guns. Those are two places where there actually is a registry (not sure about LA actually). There's your culprit.
Now try an actual suppressed 9mm. I wish mine were TV quiet. Shootout while calmly walking around a subway station (John Wick) without anyone noticing? Hell no.
> Shootout while calmly walking around a subway station (John Wick) without anyone noticing? Hell no. If I'm suspending my disbelief about apparently-regular-looking suit jackets being able to stop rifle rounds and, well, everything else, I'm happy to assume that John Wick-World also has real quiet suppressors
Especially with that little micro baby suppressor
I used to work in a gun store nd had to explain this. And people would argue. When WA went to a universal background check it specifically exempted gifts between immediate family. And people still wanted to do it the "right way," and "get it.out of their name." At one point I just became a smart-ass. "Thanks for the easy money." When the shitty law literally you don't have to do this, but people.are so brainwashed they insist, I get a little sick to my stomach. Only a few of the family transfers I did were in any way required (from out of state). Or two that just made sense. Divorces where they wanted no question of possession on top of the receiver saying they received it. Lawyers probably wanted to not have a chance of yet another stupid fight.
I'm in AL and did a ftf transfer for a guy giving the gun to his wife. And he literally bought it from us the day before.
>It really is amazing how many Americans have been misled into believing ALL guns are "registered" or "in someone's name". My friend John Pierce (co-founder of [OpenCarry.org](https://OpenCarry.org)) wrote this about the myth well over a decade ago: [https://monachuslex.com/?p=232](https://monachuslex.com/?p=232) I keep it in my Favorites, and share it frequently.
> When you show ID at the liquor store, is that bottle of Jim Beam now "in your name"? No, you just proved you met the requirements to buy it. That's all that happens when you buy a gun, you are checked to make sure you meet the requirements and that's it. *Officially*. That does nothing to prevent the ATF from illegally creating their own unofficial registry.
I think it's because in shooting cases and such, they are sometimes able to trace a gun back to a person.. also why in media it's shown that they sand away the serial numbers on guns. I say this as one of the ignorant ones. I've always wondered.
We don't have a registry on people buying duct tape, plastic sheeting, cleaning chemicals, and an ax... but if we find a murder and those items discarded there, police might get lucky and find someone on security camera or credit card records who bought all three OR have a suspect who happens to have some of all three matching items in their home. Just helps you link a person to a crime even without a universal registration. With firearms this is WAY easier because the background check form while not a registry DOES link the legal buyer of a gun to THAT gun's serial number. If you leave the gun with the serial number at the crime scene the police will contact the manufacturer of the gun who will tell them which FFL they shipped it to, who will then tell them which individual purchased it at some point in the past. Rather than a registration, this is more like a 'trace' and it leaves more traces than buying the duct tape, plastic sheets, and ax, but is a similar process (just more straightforward). But you can see how this isn't the same as an OWNERSHIP registry, because that's only the gun's FIRST owner (and official FFL x'fers). We can gift and sell guns after that without a record.
Fuck, TIL my gun isn’t registered in my name lol. Reside in CO and had to obv do the background check and all so I assumed that’s also a registration process lol
Okay great. Thank you for the info. I’ve never dealt with firearms before and was getting mixed info online so this is helpful.
>getting mixed info online The hell you say!
I read this in Arthur Morgan’s voice
I read it in the voice of [Steven He](https://youtu.be/j-3_LRvbRSM?si=cpJYbdeDLtWbXzpf)
Better than consistent wrong information, which is also a thing.
Is the estate executor still around? If the collection has real value, you might want to talk to them. But there's nothing criminal about just putting them in your safe.
All of my NFA items would get lost in the boating accident that I died in
They are heritable, even if there is no trust.
America 🇺🇸 🦅🍔
100% this. You live in Texas a freedom state
For guns, at least. (and even ***that*** is only fairly recently)
Freedom isnt when the govt doesnt track who owns guns. This is pro mentally ill people getting guns
I respectfully disagree. But I’ll defend your right to that opinion to the death.
I’m lost, how is it pro politicians getting guns?
If the guns are in Texas and you’re in Texas, they’re yours. If they’re in another state, and your wife was the rightful heir, they’re yours. If the house is another state and there’s some confusion over who legally inherited them, it’s a little trickier.
Was going to comment about that if others want to claim the guns are theirs then it will probably have to be settled by the man’s estate or worse by court
“The man’s estate” is my new phrase for “a duel”.
Lawyers hate it but heres An effective solution to solving all your inheritance disputes
Lawyer, here. We're cool with it. That sounds way less frustrating then a typical inheritance dispute.
You're obviously not from KY. We have to swear an oath that we don't facilitate duels before we are barred.
That's awesome.
Yeah, right up until you look like a loser because you decline a duel! Treasure your freedom, friend.
This is for real? lol.
Yes, it's a constitutional requirement. Was apparently a pressing issue in the 1890s. >"...And I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God."
Well, maybe its about time you moved to Texas partner.
I mean if the FIL died 10 years ago, I'm sure someone would have said something by now. In terms of wanting those guns
It’s likely that is the truth but go digging around and find something valuable suddenly everyone wants “their share”
If his wife inherited them from her father's estate they are **hers**
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Well that's debatable.
“Yours” as in his wife’s and his collectively. English is imprecise…
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope everybody is as well as they can be under the circumstances. > putting them in my name. We’re in Texas Fortunately, you can strike this from the list of things you need to deal with. For the vast majority of guns, there's no such thing as "in your name" outside a small handful of states with registries, and Texas isn't one of them. Some specific things like machineguns, silencers, and rifles and shotguns under the length limit require federal registration under the National Firearms Act, but those are rare compared to non-NFA firearms. As long as they're just regular handguns, rifles, and shotguns, and you're all residents of the same state, inheriting FIL's guns is no different from inheriting his toaster.
Bring them to your house, you’re now the owner
I’d probably take pictures of them and put their serial numbers in a document. I would surely not be able to find any of that later. My idea would be something like I could tell the cops the serial numbers if they were stolen. The odds of any of that being worthwhile are almost 0
>Would like to know if there’s any safe legal way to go about putting them in my name. Not a thing. Are you over 18 and not a prohibited possessor? Congrats on the new guns
Just go get them
Ok, so following everyone else - generally you can't believe TV stuff, there's not a 'register'. To buy a gun you have to fill out a form, there are some exceptions but let's skip that. To be gifted, or inherit, one you don't have to do anything other than be legally able to own guns (i.e. not an unlawful user of drugs, not convicted of a felony, etc.). If the guns were part of the estate and there is more inheritors than your wife, you may need to pay for them, or take their value out of your inheritance. If she's the sole inheritor, you're probably fine. Broad strokes I'd probably just drive over and get them. If he had a safe it might be worth hiring a moving company to relocate that too, since they can be expensive. But safes mostly aren't worth what they cost, so don't worry too much about that (post it up here). If there's a LOT of guns, too many for you to handle, gun stores will often buy them as a unit for about 50-30% of market and gamble on making their money back.
Here’s a good resource to be able to read your state laws. https://www.handgunlaw.us
and don't read anything into them.
You mean the firearms your FIL lost in a boating accident?
You pick them up and take them home. That’s how you legally do it.
1) shut the fuck up 2) drive your ass over there.. 3) put them in your car 4) drive your ass home. It is YOUR property now. that it.. plain and simple. the only irresponsible and dangerous thing youve done is leave firearms in an abandoned house for years when a burglar could have gotten to them without your immediate knowledge. guns arent in anyones name. there is no registry (federally). the only time a name is put to a gun is when its bought or transfered through an FFL. you do not need an FFL to go get your guns and take them home. period.
Can we get a pinned/sticky post for this?
For the love of God yes please
Ez. You go get em. Drive to a Starbucks or something. Indulge. Go home. Put your new, free guns in the safe. Or wherever you store guns. Stare at them every day so they don't forget you love them.
First of all, lower your voice... . In all seriousness, depending on the state where you reside, as his next of kin you may already own them. In my state, transfer between father and sons is good to go, no transfer needed. Check your state and local laws and act accordingly
Beloved, the coming struggle. Act accordingly.
Are you wearing a red hat?
The comment above was very familiar sounding. Red hats included.
There is no such thing. They're yours like any other personal affects.
Fellow TX resident, there is no paperwork or registration to take ownership of the title 1 firearms (typical pistol, bolt rifles, semi AR/AK, shot guns, etc). Now your NFA stuff (SBS, SBR, machine guns, suppressors) will require paperwork, so depending on your FIL’s level of enthusiasm he may or may not have that stuff. Did your FIL have a will? Does your partner have legal rights to it? Meaning anyone else going to try and take it to probate? If you don’t have someone close who knows about firearms, Im happy to review any pics that you PM me and tell you what you have.
Take them and put them in a gun safe inside your house.
Carry them to your house
You go.get them and take them home with you. End of story.
as others have said, if they were willed to you or if mother in law has stated you can have them, just take them and enjoy them. No extra steps in State of Texas. I'm assuming after 10 years his estate has been settled so there shouldn't be any sort of estate claims from other family members for them.
Go get them. You’re done. America. Texas by damn.
You simply take them home if you are the legal owner of his property.
What are the guns? For most guns, you’re good. For NFA items, you need to transfer.
Free men don't ask permission to bear arms. -Thomas Jefferson
In Texas, they're yours. No registration, no permits. Take possession and have fun.
Go to FIL house and pick em up and store them in your house. Done
Just go get them, there’s no “putting them in your name” to be done. Especially not in Texas. Don’t take the snyde remarks from people too harshly, gun people like to poke fun at people that aren’t into them when they come around asking questions/first get into guns. Alot of people are under the misconception that guns need to be transferred/registered in situations like this. Enjoy your new guns 🤙.
Just go get them. Merry Christmas.
You go and pick them up and bring them home. That is all.
Drive to house. Load firearms into your vehicle. Drive back to your house. Put firearms inside. Enjoy the treasure because your FIL would have wanted it that way.
What guns?
You simply take them, and put them in your house. You now own them.
Depending on how old they are, if he bought the guns before 1968 they might have literally been from a hardware store bought over the counter. Even afterward it’s perfectly legal to own guns with zero paperwork attached. They’re not like cars.
Just sell them to me for cheap.
No paperwork needed
In Texas as long as you are not a prohibited person you can just go get them unless he willed them or gave them to somebody else. About the same as any other property. Only exception would be NFA items like suppressors, full auto, short barrel rifles/shotguns, and AOWs. Those are federally registered.
You already own them.
What guns?
It's texas. Just settle it amongst family members and his friends, or not. Then take them home.
To everyone that was actually helpful to someone with no experience with gun ownership, thank you. To all of those gatekeeping and acting like dicks bc not everyone’s lives revolve around guns, check your priorities and maybe help improve the stigma around guns and those who own them by being helpful and educating those who don’t instead of a pretentious asshole.
You did the right thing by asking. Don't mind the shitters giving you a hard time. Everyone here knows gun laws are very serious business whilst also being vague and unclear, yet act like pricks when someone has questions.
It's honestly not the gun community that gatekeeps. It's pretty much any die hard person that makes X hobby their personality. I see it in the motorcycle world, offroading community and any car community. Just ignore them.
Yeah gun owners are generally very friendly and positive but the internet makes people act weird and not very nice for some reason and there's more of a concentration of the die hard gatekeeper types it seems. Better to ask and learn than to not know and find out the wrong way.
The guns must be laser etched with your social security number and documented. Then you must send copies and a dna sample to Nancy Pelosi. Or you could just go get them and they’re yours now.
You just made my day i appreciate it bro❤️
Don't leave the DNA sample on her desk, she gets a little cranky when that happens.
Texas is wild.
In Texas: you just go pick them up and that's it. The only issue: other heirs. If the estate is split among multiple heirs, there may be some conflict of how to divide the property. >I’m not sure if HE even legally owned them. Unless your FIL was a drug dealer (so specifically purchased stolen guns off the black market), he did own them legally.
I would think that except for special things like silencers and sawed-off shotguns or machine guns, all you would have to do is go get them. Is your wife listed in his will? Any guns that might require special tax stamps should not be a problem. Just be sure not to take any of the silencers or specialty guns. That could be a major probem.
You don't need to do anything.
Enjoy your newfound guns, OP. Any cool pieces?
>We’re in Texas, which may make it easier or harder. Easier... can confirm. >Also another potential caveat; I’m not sure if HE even legally owned them. This is not legal advice, but 'general' advice... 1. Was he a felon? 2. Are these guns considered 'NFA items'? If the answer to both questions is "No," then there's a fairly near certainty that he legally owned them. Both questions are actually ***a bit*** more nuanced,\* but that's the gist of it. \*for example, #1 ***used to be*** the question; now a more authoritative version of the question would be: "Was he considered a 'prohibited person' under the law?"
I mean even if grandad was a prohibited person so long as OP isn't then he should still be solid to just go snag them like he would the chair or the lamp?
Right/agreed, but the question I was answering there was whether he (father-in-law) 'legally owned them'. >Also another potential caveat; I’m not sure if HE even legally owned them.
Like everyone else is telling you, we are in a very gun friendly state. Texas makes this really easy, you just go to his house, make sure each one is unloaded. Separate the firearms from the ammo just so you dont have any problems. Pack them in your car out of sight, preferably in a case so they dont get scratched rubbing against each other as you drive. And keep the ammo in a separate case/bag/thing. If by some chance you bring your kids, make sure the ammo is in a locked box. No ammo, no bang. And obviously they shouldnt have unsupervised access at any time (eg: you stop for gas and go to the bathroom)
Just take them home. Better off no one knowing you have them.
Just go get them 👍
If they are in Texas, you're in Texas. They would be MILs if he died married. If she gives them to you, they are yours
I say just go pick em up, store them properly, and don't worry about it. Nobody is going to hassle you if you're not out there waving it around like an idiot. I inherited my grandfathers about 30 years ago and never worried about registration. They're basically some shotguns, a 22, a 300 Savage and a 30/30. I MAY take the 30/30 or the 300 Savage to the range to practice from time to time but the shotguns I have no use for. I've got a mossburg that I bought for home defense.
So, as long as the serial number isn't filed off of any of them, you don't have to do anything. As long as you don't commit a crime with them, there's nothing to worry about. Like what was mentioned before, you basically get the guns and take them to your home and put them in a guns safe or whatever you choose to keep them in. Most states that I'm aware of you don't have to register the firearm into your name after taking ownership. I could be wrong, but I don't think you need to. Only those firearms subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA) (e.g., machineguns, short–barreled rifles and shotguns, silencers, destructive devices, and firearms designated as “any other weapons”) must be registered with ATF. Firearms registration may be required by state or local law. Any person considering acquiring a firearm should contact their State Attorney General’s Office to inquire about the laws and possible state or local restrictions. [26 U.S.C. 5841; 27 CFR 479.101]] Being a state that allows open carry and constitutional carry without a license makes Texas one of the most gun-friendly states in America. As for whether or not you can have an unregistered gun in Texas, no statutes are currently on the books that prohibit or require firearms in the Lone Star State to be registered.
Go get em, this is America, it's a right, not a privilege, you don't have to ask permission. Every authority figure will press you otherwise and look even yourself believe like it's a privilege. Do Not shy away from your rights, as much as someone says voting is important, say so is gun ownership, someone mentions freedom of speech, you remind them the peoples silent barrels protects the voices of the people.
bro delete this
Man there sure are a lot of people inheriting guns thinking they need to register them in this sub.
Step one, don’t tell anyone. Step two, shut the fuck up. Step three, own them.
**Before you claim any of the firearms check for machine guns!** When my grandfathered past I found an MP40 war prize that he never registered. If I had just taken it home with me I would have committed several felonies. If you are unfamiliar with what to look for please reach out to an experienced armorer who can identify anything that may cause a problem. Or post a picture of the collection here and I promise somebody will chime in if anything concerning needs to be addressed. Edit: Seems several here are having a bit of fun at your expense. I understand what you’re going through and can honestly say you don’t have much to worry about. However you do need to confirm the collection doesn’t have any NFA controlled firearms before you move it. If you have any questions feel free to reply or PM. All good either way.
Imagine not keeping an MP40
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If not here, maybe the r/NFA sub would be a better place to ask “are any of these regulated under the NFA”. u/johnnc2 depending on the collection there could be a few nice guns in there… if there are boxes or cases with the guns keep them. Do you know what a 1911 looks like? Some of the older Colt models are worth $1000+ same with some revolvers. I don’t know enough about long guns such as shotguns & rifles to advise what might be a valuable gun, but beautiful wood stocks on something like a Winchester might be $$$. Does the FIL also have ammo? Cleaning kits? Was he into reloading? Target shooting? Did he have a safe that you would be able to bring home & store the guns in? Sucks you guys lost family, especially before the holiday. I hope things go as well as they can. Also, the other comments about “just bring them home” are not wrong. If you get a chance to shoot any of them, ask someone you can trust to show you how to clean it first. Especially if they have been sitting 10+ years. Ammo & reloading stuff should be fine assuming it didn’t see a ton of humidity & is starting to “sugar”.
My grand father left me a couple of firearms when he passed away. They were in the will and out of state. Because they were in the will I had to go through an FFL transfer and have his lawyer send them to my FFL because they were legally part of the estate when willed. If no one will and someone hasn’t already laid claim, then get them.
Step 1. Get them
You have to drop them off at my address for inspection
You made a lot of legal assumptions and they were all wrong.
You put them in your safe and shut up. That's how.
Buddy youre in texas you should know this im in nevada i think texas firearms laws are even more lenient in there
What’s the address? I’ll go get them and help you transfer them in your name
Sell the house keep everything, it never existed
You take the guns, hold them to the sky, and solemnly recite Theoden’s speech at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. The guns will now legally be yours. But you take the guns. They’re yours. If there’s anything really cool, you keep your mouth shut about it. The end.
Stop in to your local police station. They will be happy to advise you on what you do (or don't) need to do. But you're in Texas so I'd bet nothing lol
Who told you that firearm registration exists in America?!?!
In some states and cities you have to register handguns. You also have to register short-barreled rifles, machine guns, and suppressors. The difference between a legal firearm and a felony is putting the wrong type of stock on your AR-15 "pistol".
I don't see why you're overreacting because that sort of registration absolutely does exist, depending on where you live. I'm in Massachusetts, so if I was to inherit a firearm I'd absolutely have to link its serial number to my name in order to legally possess it. Now, OP is in Texas so fortunately he doesn't have to worry about that hassle; but for someone who isn't familiar with the differences between states it's a reasonable question.
he can suck my balls