Another question on interstate transfers

[Mousegun]

My neighbor lost her husband a few months ago here in Tennessee. She gifted the guns to her son and he lives in Connecticut.

Can he legally take possession of the guns here in Tennessee as a family member and bring them back to Connecticut without going through an FFL ?

Sorry if this has been asked before and thanks for any information.

 

[bearcreek]

My neighbor lost her husband a few months ago here in Tennessee. She gifted the guns to her son and he lives in Connecticut.

Can he legally take possession of the guns here in Tennessee as a family member and bring them back to Connecticut without going through an FFL ?

Sorry if this has been asked before and thanks for any information.

No, he can't. The fact that he is her son is irrelevant.

 

[Frank Ettin]

No, he can't. The fact that he is her son is irrelevant.

The right answer. Thank you.

 

[F-111 John]

Were the firearms bequeathed to the son in a will? Were the guns awarded to the son by a probate court as part of the estate settlement? Or did ownership of the guns revert to the wife, who is choosing to gift them to her son?

Either of the first two would get you a long way towards the inheritance exception to the federal interstate firearms transfer laws, (18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(5)(A),) but you would also have to deal with the state laws of Connecticut regarding the type of firearms in question, and state registration.

The latter would fall under the same laws as any other interstate sale/gift/transfer.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/pdf/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap44-sec922.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Connecticut

 

[Mousegun]

Were the firearms bequeathed to the son in a will? Were the guns awarded to the son by a probate court as part of the estate settlement? Or did ownership of the guns revert to the wife, who is choosing to gift them to her son?

Either of the first two would get you a long way towards the inheritance exception to the federal interstate firearms transfer laws, (18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(5)(A),) but you would also have to deal with the state laws of Connecticut regarding the type of firearms in question, and state registration.

The latter would fall under the same laws as any other interstate sale/gift/transfer.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/pdf/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap44-sec922.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Connecticut

The guns were not bequeathed in a will to his son. His mother, the wife of the deceased just wants to give the guns to her son. There are no fully automatic weapons involved.

If the son has to use an FFl, does it have to be one in Tennessee or can he have a Connecticut FFL do the transfer and do the guns have to be shipped to that FFl, or can he drive them back to Connecticut to the FFL and have him do the paperwork?

 

[Frank Ettin]

...If the son has to use an FFl, does it have to be one in Tennessee or can he have a Connecticut FFL do the transfer and do the guns have to be shipped to that FFl, or can he drive them back to Connecticut to the FFL and have him do the paperwork?

Connecticut has some stringent firearm transfer laws. The guns will need to be shipped by the mother or an FFL acting on behalf of the mother to an FFL in Connecticut willing to do the transfer. All the terms and shipping instructions should be worked out in advance.

 

[TheVision]

Connecticut has some stringent firearm transfer laws.

To add to this, the son will need either a pistol permit or an eligibility certificate. Instructions, with links to the relevant Connecticut General Statutes, are here:

http://www.ct.gov/despp/cwp/view.asp?a=4213&q=494614

 

[bearcreek]

There are no fully automatic weapons involved.

There are lots of semi auto firearms that are illegal in CT, not just full auto.

 

[F-111 John]

There are lots of semi auto firearms that are illegal in CT, not just full auto.

Not to mention magazines with larger than a ten round capacity.