Inheriting handguns

[saber]

So my dad lives in Georgia and he has amassed a collection of pistols. He owns maybe a dozen or so. Mostly Sigs and 22s. All of them are off roster,

I have a brother who has no interest in them and my dad has told ?me he wants me to have them when he passes eventually. Hopefully that doesn?t happen for a while.

He previously sent me a Sig P365 which we transferred through an FFL via the intrafamial (father to son) transfer process.

My understanding is the inheritance of firearms through a will is exempt from the requirement that all interstate transfer of firearms.

Can someone educate me on how the process would apply in this case give the various California regulations? Is there anything I need to be aware of?


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[one*eyed*jack]

If you pass, federal law says the guns can be given to anyone you bequeath them to - directly and with no FFL involvement. Regardless of relationship. Even across state lines. See 18 USC 922(a)(3) and (a)(5)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922

However, some states will require a FFL. For California recipient heirs for instance, the guns can be given to direct family (parent/grandparent/child/grandchild/spouse) of the deceased with no FFL involvement. The recipient simply files a form and pays a single $19 fee.

However for a CA recipient of any other relationship, they will need to have the guns transferred using a FFL, and if there are off roster handguns involved that are not roster exempt, it will require an in person PPT with the executor of the estate.

See the original thread here:

https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1633267