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My father-in-law had quite a few handguns and long guns that he acquired over many years - we think most of them were purchased in the 1980s & 90s - some are much older. He bought them new & used, from both individuals and local shops.
His wife gave the guns to their children. She was not in-the-loop for ANY of the purchases her husband made - in fact, she had NO IDEA he had so many guns (sound familiar to anyone here??
) So, she has no paperwork (or she threw it out not knowing what is was) and now we have no idea what guns came from where - she just wanted them gone, so she handed them out. This is all within California - no out of State movement involved at all.
So - what happens when the children want to sell one of these guns? What if one of these guns is in the database as owned by my father-in-law or someone else outside the family? We have no idea whether my father-in-law always followed the process when purchasing his guns - especially if it was 1989 and he was purchasing an old S&W model 60 directly from one of his old buddies that told him the gun wasn't in anyone's database. None of these are evil black guns or AOW - they are all name-brand and clone factory guns, mostly western style SA, some DA revolvers, a few eastern block (Makarov, etc), some cheap 22 pistols & rifles and a couple of stock Ruger Mini-14s.
His wife gave the guns to their children. She was not in-the-loop for ANY of the purchases her husband made - in fact, she had NO IDEA he had so many guns (sound familiar to anyone here??
) So, she has no paperwork (or she threw it out not knowing what is was) and now we have no idea what guns came from where - she just wanted them gone, so she handed them out. This is all within California - no out of State movement involved at all.So - what happens when the children want to sell one of these guns? What if one of these guns is in the database as owned by my father-in-law or someone else outside the family? We have no idea whether my father-in-law always followed the process when purchasing his guns - especially if it was 1989 and he was purchasing an old S&W model 60 directly from one of his old buddies that told him the gun wasn't in anyone's database. None of these are evil black guns or AOW - they are all name-brand and clone factory guns, mostly western style SA, some DA revolvers, a few eastern block (Makarov, etc), some cheap 22 pistols & rifles and a couple of stock Ruger Mini-14s.
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