My Dad

tony

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Passed away last night. Collapsed at home, mom called EMS and took him to the hospital Friday afternoon. Had a head bleed and didn’t recover. He was very active in his retirement, had a workshop, gardened, worked the yard, and still played video games in his 70s. :D

I need help. Dad was a gun owner and owned many firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
My folks live in Ohio and I’m in West Virginia.
I may keep a few and while they don’t need money I’d like to sell most and give mom the money.
What is the proper/legal way to do this as they on paper in his name? I’d like to transfer them to me for the above purposes.

Thanks friends.
 
My thoughts are with you and your family. You could take them to a gunship who will sell them on consignment, or post on one of the many online gun sellers, Guns America for one.
 
Passed away last night. Collapsed at home, mom called EMS and took him to the hospital Friday afternoon. Had a head bleed and didn’t recover. He was very active in his retirement, had a workshop, gardened, worked the yard, and still played video games in his 70s. :D

I need help. Dad was a gun owner and owned many firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
My folks live in Ohio and I’m in West Virginia.
I may keep a few and while they don’t need money I’d like to sell most and give mom the money.
What is the proper/legal way to do this as they on paper in his name? I’d like to transfer them to me for the above purposes.

Thanks friends.
Since you and your mom live in two different states, I believe (take with a grain of salt/internet advice) the LEGAL way would be for your mom to do a FFL transfer to you but I’m not familiar with your specific states gun laws.
 
Sorry for your loss. I lost my dad at 15, my baby granddaughter 12 years ago, my mom 9 years ago and my wife of 40 years 6.5 years ago. I know the feelings and hardships. If he has some guns needing selling you can contact Marc Mitchell at Keystone Arms in Hillsville just west of Pittsburgh, Pa a few miles from the Pa/Ohio state line to sell them for you. He charges a 17% commission in total cost to sell on his top 10 seller website on Gun Broker and his own website and he takes care of everything from picking them up to giving you a check. He is very well connected to the gun buying/selling world. I'm sure he could give you some direction on how best to handle your situation. He has sold about 35 guns for me in the past 60 days and has 100 more to go and he gets very good pricing for them. Don't waste your time trying to do it yourself. I tried that angle. DM me for more info if needed.

Woody
 
I believe in many states a father/mother can pass a firearm of any type, other than a class 3 to their immediate family w/o any paperwork of any kind regardless of if they are living in different states. Pa is like that and I would bet Ohio and WV are the same.
 
sorry for your loss.
What do you mean by the firearms are on paper in his name?
I’m not an expert with Ohio gun laws, but a quick search indicates Ohio and VA does not require gun registration.
What transfer? (If your mom agrees) You inherited your dads guns. drive to Ohio, pack them up (guns and ammo) and drive home. Sell anything you don’t want locally or on a fourm and give the money to your mom. It’s legal. Son inherits his dad’s gun.

Been there, done that.
 
sorry for your loss.
What do you mean by the firearms are on paper in his name?
I’m not an expert with Ohio gun laws, but a quick search indicates Ohio and VA does not require gun registration.
What transfer? You inherited your dads guns (unless you have other siblings), drive to Ohio, pack them up (guns and ammo) and drive home. Sell anything you don’t want locally or on a fourm and give the money to your mom. It’s legal. Son inherits his dad’s gun.

Been there, done that.
Not quite that simple.

Readers Digest version: The spouse (Mom?) ordinarily receives her deceased husband's property in the absence of specific bequests in any will (was there one?) or alternate ownership arrangements, etc. --- through his estate. In the absence of a will, the transfer will take longer and involve a few more steps whether there were bequests or not, but in any event the guns don't find their way to the son until all or parts of the probate process are ground through. The spouse can give the guns to the son when any other property can be released (if she wants to).
 
Check state laws if you are not aware what they say. I would agree under most circumstances the firearms automatically go to his wife. If he had a will he may have left them to others family members..
 
My condolences. Maybe leave the gun stuff for another day in the future and try to be there for your mom? Praying for you and your family. God bless.
 
Not quite that simple.

Readers Digest version: The spouse (Mom?) ordinarily receives her deceased husband's property in the absence of specific bequests in any will (was there one?) or alternate ownership arrangements, etc. --- through his estate. In the absence of a will, the transfer will take longer and involve a few more steps whether there were bequests or not, but in any event the guns don't find their way to the son until all or parts of the probate process are ground through. The spouse can give the guns to the son when any other property can be released (if she wants to).
Yes. But when the mom wants the son to have the guns. There’s no reason to complicate things.
Example: if “mom” said you can have your dad’s hunting clothes and his tools in the garage. It’s yours.

Besides OP said he was going to sell the ones he didn’t want and give the money to mom.

(I’ve already been down this road.)
 
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