Taking in long term storage is illegal transfer?

[MarikinaMan]

If I agreed to store firearms long term, as in a couple of years, is that considered an illegal transfer?

I have a decent sized safe and I am being asked to store a few handguns and a couple of rifles.

I know the person, I know they are not stolen or have been used in crimes.

[damon1272]

Supposed to do a transfer.

[hermosabeach]

If you have access, then they are yours.

Loop hole- lock them up

Put them into a gun rug and lock them up with a $0.99. Cent lock

Now the guns are in a locked case to which you don’t have access.

[Jimi Jah]

Depends on the DA and then the jury. California isn't a place to take risks on gun laws.

[Librarian]

In the suggested case, one person has the guns, then gives them to another person.

That's a transfer; things may be confusing because 'intent to change ownership', present or absent, is a distinctly different condition from 'change of possession'.

Example: you lend a gun to a friend to use at the range. You have no intent to give it to him as a gift, or allow him to take it home as "his". That's still a transfer, although that exact circumstance is exempt from using an FFL to mediate the transfer in CA law.

Some of us think there is reason to believe the locked-up, no access route should work to avoid the inadvertent transfer problem - note all the weasel words! That has not, AFAIK, been tested in court.

[tileguy]

and no one would ever have know that they were in your safe until you post it on some form of social media