unregistered to me

[rex6666]

I have 38 revolver that i bought from a man i have know a long time.
This pistol belonged to his wife when she pasted away he wanted it out of the house and sold it to me.
I ask about transfering it to me, he was of a mind that it was not registered to him and said forget about it.
I havw been carring it in my truck latly, all of a sudden it came to mind that if some nice officer checks it out
and it is not registered to me, WHAT HAPPENS  then?

[Badnews Bob]

NOTHING! You do not have to register a firearm at all unless you live in a city that requires it. Check your local laws just to be sure but there are no requirements to register it.

[mcwoodduck]

I answered this on the other post but check state laws to see if you can buy with out a back ground check.
When I lived in VA you could now that I live in CA All sales have to be done through an FFl.
and you have to have the handgun registered to you.  There are voluntary registration forms on the state wesites if needed.
I woould start with the state website and go from there.

[pspinc2003]

WI still allows person to person transfers w/o FFL holder involved, but the fight is on to keep it that way.....don't know how much longer we will be so lucky...SUPPORT the NRA

[spruce]

The laws regarding transferring/registering/possessing handguns vary widely from state to state and also from local jurisdiction to local jurisdiction.

You need to find out exactly what your state and local laws are and then go from there to make sure you are legal.  In some places the transaction may be perfectly legal and in other places you may be committing a felony (or two!).

I'm sure a local attorney could answer all your questions in a few minutes.  Sure it'll cost a few bucks, but it's a whole lot cheaper than hiring him to defend you in court!

[45-70.gov]

did  some of the post on this thread  disappear??

[Graybeard]

He asked twice in two locations.

[45-70.gov]

He asked twice in two locations.

i  figured  that  out

for  about an  hour  i thought  i got  deleted
i  could  not  post
thought  i was  being  punished 

for  suggesting  he  keep a  private  sale  ''private''

[bluecow]

" one has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obay just laws.  conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws"   M.L.K.  letter from a birmingham jail.

[Mule]

Move to Missouri.....

[cybin]

Agree with Mule

cybin

[Squib]

missouri has no real gun registration, even kc and st. louis to my knowledge (I've never lived in either and the nra isn't attacking either that i'm aware of so it should be true) traveler law protection, concealed carry in vehicles is almost perfectly justifiable unless you do something really bad like drive drunk or rob a bank, the state is open carry but any town can restrict that to concealed once you leave your yard or something like that...


long story short no paperwork bs, no harassment, the guns can be out in the open in your car, unlock, loaded, whatever

you can't have a gun if you are a felon, mentally retarted, crazy (REALLY crazy, not just mental), on the run, illegally here in the us, or in the act of commiting a serious crime (which makes no sense just like anti-gun laws that don't address murder, which is also illegal), or drunk... I think that's it.  Seriously you can have a deer rifle in a gun rack on school grounds with the rebel flag, nra or whatever else on the back window and although they can try to suspend you or cry about it, just hold your ground and quote the law (they can still push but then you can sue, win and make them pay your tuition.  I'll do it if I ever want to go back to college)

look it up, mo is the place to go.  also property taxes are really low here too.