Many New Gun Owners

[LiberatedUSA]

A thought just occurred to me, a consequence of all the dead from COVID. A lot of gun collections are getting passed on to people that may not have experience with guns.

Just an observation, not making any other statement beyond that.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Nor will those inherited weapons be necessarily federally registered.

[NickB79]

3. Only Class 2 and Class 3 guns are federally registered to begin with

Those being short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers, and machine guns.

There is no federal registry for regular rifles, shotguns or handguns to begin with.

And they can't be legally transfered to anyone without the proper paperwork. If my dad owned a legal machinegun, he can't just give it to me in his will, no questions asked. I'd have to fill out paperwork as if I were purchasing it myself, including the background check, ATF approval forms, and $200 tax stamp before take Ng possession of it.

[LiberatedUSA]

12. Here is my question on that.

Are the feds, the ones responsible for keeping track of NFA items, notified when a person dies? Because the others in the house would now have immediate access to the weapon (s), explosives, suppressors, etc?

[madville]

20. If the items are owned in a trust

The other family members in the house may already be co-trustees and the items simply stay with the trust and whoever is in it.

If the are owned directly by the individual, the items should be in possession of the executor of the will or estate until the designated beneficiary or heir is approved to take possession. They have to submit all the normal paperwork but can apply to have them transferred tax exempt, so no $200 fee per item again.

[madville]

19. $200 tax is not required

NFA items registered to an individual can be willed to an heir tax free, it’s a Form 5 Application for Tax Exempt Transfer and Registration. They still have to submit the other paperwork for approval but don’t have to pay the $200 again.

If the item is owned in a trust, it simply remains in that trust and a co-trustee takes possession because they are already approved to be on the trust.

If there isn’t a living co-trustee on the trust, it would pass to a beneficiary and possibly also be eligible for the tax free transfer.

[SYFROYH]

5. Almost none will be federally registered

Because there is no federal registry except for machine guns, short barreled long guns, and few others deemed dangerous.

[LiberatedUSA]

6. That is a huge problem for those unfamiliar.

Edit:

I was meaning for Title 2 stuff.

[Shellback Squid]

2. add me to the list, pro grade glue gun

it holds 5 sticks

[mitch96]

15. "it holds 5 sticks"... is that legal? Is it an automatic or semi auto?😉..nt..

[panader0]

4. No guns in my household, but my dad, as a flyer in WWII, had a Colt 1911 pistol issued to him.

As a small boy, I "found" the pistol (unloaded) in his closet. My mom caught me and made my dad
get rid of it. I believe it would be valuable these days. I might be able to get a full set of tires for
my truck.....

[spike jones]

11. When my wife and I wanted to have children, she said I had to

stop rock climbing, stop selling weed, and get rid of my rifle, a single shot 22. It was the best deal I ever made.

[SYFROYH]

7. As it turns out my FIL died of COVID and we inherited an old S&w

Looks like this:


I have to get the one we received restored.

RIP

[mitch96]

16. My WW2 era Pop "found" a flair gun that was used on a lifeboat. I got it when he died

It's a Remington manufacture. It was beautiful but one side had a bunch of rust on it. Took it to a gun smith and he redid the metal, got rid of the rust, blued the barrel and polished the brass. Best $150 I have spent in a while. It came out grand... I'm planing to put it in a presentation case with a glass front with a pic of my old man in his Navy uniform. It even came with a box of "new old stock" flares.. I think it will look cool on the wall..
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[SYFROYH]

21. That is very impressive

[PJMcK]

8. Who needs 'em? (n/t)

[brewens]

9. On the average, they would fall into the hands of more responsible owners I would think.

Considering it was a COVIDiot that died, the person inheriting the guns will occasionally be smarter.

[Hangingon]

13. Not everyone who dies of. covid is an idiot

Lots of deaths are to based people.

[Progressive Jones]

17. There are different levels of idiocy, but an idiot is an idiot is an idiot. Antivaxers, for example

[llmart]

10. I look at it another way.

My children's father, who has OCD with hoarding disorder to boot, has an arsenal. He's not a well man (both physically and mentally), so probably doesn't have a whole lot of years left. Both of my grown kids have said that when he dies they are going to sell the entire lot of guns and donate the proceeds to the Brady organization. Neither one of them needs the money. Needless to say, I was pleased with their decision.

[maxsolomon]

14. Maybe destroy them instead of putting them back in to circulation?

If they don't need the money...

[hunter]

18. That's what happened to all the old guns in my family...

... they've long been melted down in electric arc furnaces to make rebar and other useful stuff.



My mom is a destroyer of guns. She wouldn't even sell collectibles.

The sole survivor of my Wild West family's guns is my grandfather's deer rifle, which my brother has. Like me, my brother hasn't been hunting in the 21st century. I don't think any of my grandfather's great-grandchildren will have any sentimental attachment to the gun. They've never hunted. That gun will probably end up in an arc furnace as well.