Help!!

[F-2_Challenger]

Well to make this story as short as possible...


My girlfriends brother is now getting a divorce. He caught his wife in the arms of another man and he put his fist through the window. The wife left and took all of his guns with her. They are not registered in her name and only in his. He really doesn't care as long as he gets them back.

Some how my house has become neutral. They both have agreed for the wife to give the guns to my girlfriend to store in one of MY spare safes. I don't want any part of this crap. I was told by my girlfriend that she is taking the guns period. She is unwilling to follow logic and reason about this because its her big brother.

I have a spare safe that I can change the combo on. Mainly so I don't know it and only my girlfriend will know the combo. I don't want to get involved with any of this legal garbage, and mainly don't want my door kicked in because of their bull shiza.

The safe will be in a public space and my girlfriend pays rent at my house. Should this keep me free and clear?

[Burbur]

Since you have no say in the matter...

I would rent the safe to him.

Draw up a rental agreement, charge him a pittance. You are not trying to help him hide anything, you are merely a storage provider.

[PRCABR4Christ]

I bought my ex wife a gun, when I went to pick up "my" stuff from the house, before I got there I let her know that I would report it stolen if it didn't return to my possession when I left...she gave it to me, and I paid for a PPT to get it to her, I even bought her a cleaning kit for it and gave her 1k rounds as she had neither, but I'm still the a**hole ex husband lol

[Snoopy47]

Report the guns stolen, major felony, call it done.

If there's one thing you don't want to get caught with where you don't have documentation of ownership, and someone claiming you stole it, its firearms.

[warbird]

if there is no restraining order on these guns then you are not in danger. If you rent the safe to your girlfriend and she stores the guns in it that is her business. If the guy ends up with a restraining order against him which is doubtful if you were told the truth about what happened, then he goes to jail if he does not surrender them and your girlfriend could end up there as well. all you need to do is cooperate if the cops talk to you which would be doubtful. However if they do come to your house make them come with a search warrant and a very specific one as to spaces to be searched.

[Ron-Solo]

Report the guns stolen, major felony, call it done.

If there's one thing you don't want to get caught with where you don't have documentation of ownership, and someone claiming you stole it, its firearms.

WRONG. The guns are community property until the divorce is final, regardless of who the DROS record shows as it's owner.

Make a list of the firearms and make sure their disposition is handled under the divorce settlement. Once the divorce is final, they are no longer community property.

Filing a false police report is a crime, and can be used against you during divorce proceedings.

I dealt with this many times while working family law courts.

It sounds like they have agreed to store them at a third party location (OP's girlfriend) until things are sorted out. A mutual agreement such as this can be good, and will make the divorce easier for all.

[titus75]

Might be good question for the ffl forum....