lots of guns

[dave1947]

my brother is having serious medical issues and owns about 40 guns, half rifles and shotguns and half pistols some from the sixties. he has decided to start getting rid of most. I know we can not do a ppt family transfer but can do a BOF110 power of attorney but it is only good for 30 days.
So can I get this and transfer all the long guns to my name to sell as I find a buyer and am I limited to 1 in 30 days for the hand guns?
I plan to take pics of all the guns and place ads here in the classified sales area. one problem is he lives in Escondido and I live in san diego and do not have room in my safe for most of his guns so will have to leave them at his house till offers come in.

[Nardo1895]

Nothing stops you from doing a normal PPT, other than the fact you'd have to make 2 trips at least 10 days apart. You may have trouble finding a dealer willing to do 40 PPTs. Its a lot of work for $10 per gun.

If your brother gives you power of attorney you can then sell the guns for him. I don't know what the 30 day limitation is that you mentioned. I've done this twice with no issues, but I am a dealer which is important for the reason described below.

As an unlicensed individual, you are limited to 5 sale transactions per year. You can have more than one gun in a transaction as long as they go to the same buyer. In other words if you sell 5 guns to John Smith at the same time, that is one transaction. There is also an annual limit of 50 guns. But the "5 per year" is more likely going to effect what you propose to do.

There is a school of thought that the State can't stop you (or your brother in this case) from selling his private property. But the law doesn't seem to agree. It would make an interesting court case but I suspect you'd rather not be the guinea pig for that.

If you sold these out of state via Gunbroker or other online sites it would be hard for DOJ to know. If you sell in state they will know. Will they do anything about it? Unknown.

1 in 30 should not trip you up. Doesn't apply to PPTs. With power of attorney you are not taking actual possession, you are acting as his agent.

[dave1947]

thanks for the reply

[wsrpred]

Depends on how many your borther had regd. Wouldn't bother with the ones that fell before the recent change on long boomsticks.