Registered gun transfer to wife upon death

Shore88 · Oct 26, 2021

Forgive me if this is a duplicate post. I have several MD registered handguns and lowers. Upon my passing, what will my wife or son need to do to be able to transfer the guns into his or her name? My wife is personal representative.

Mightydog · Oct 27, 2021

Shore88 said:
Forgive me if this is a duplicate post. I have several MD registered handguns and lowers. Upon my passing, what will my wife or son need to do to be able to transfer the guns into his or her name? My wife is personal representative.

One thing is to make sure you specifically leave what you want to who you want in your will. Still need to meet all regulatory requirements such as not prohibited person, yada, yada, yada.

camo556 · Oct 27, 2021

pro tip, dont retire in Maryland. easy peasy lemon squeezy. Retire in one of dem free states without income tax and wtf is registration of guns anyway?

remodeler1 · Oct 27, 2021

You could gift her the firearms before you pass.
From my experience this is the easiest way.

Biggfoot44 · Oct 27, 2021

Since this is Maryland , there are multiple issues .
Generically , u n less you are an orphan with no living relatives other than wife . an Estate will all took often bring out greed and major squabbles about everything ( gun related and everything else) .

Normal handguns aren't a big hassle .

Grandfathered Banned firearms , you have to actually Die first , no giving them away ahead of time , or named beneficiaries not wanting them , and passing them along to ( in state) 3rd parties
Best Practices is to specifically name them by s/n in your will .

Shore88 · Oct 27, 2021

I assume that if I want to gift them to wife or son they will need to obtain a HQL beforehand?

StanleyJobson · Oct 27, 2021

camo556 said:
pro tip, dont retire in Maryland. easy peasy lemon squeezy. Retire in one of dem free states without income tax and wtf is registration of guns anyway?

I concur with this! Do you hate yourself?

camo556 · Oct 27, 2021

StanleyJobson said:
I concur with this! Do you hate yourself?

nah, govt pays me to be here and post memes about your incorrect 922(r) information.

Shore88 · Oct 27, 2021

camo556 said:
pro tip, dont retire in Maryland. easy peasy lemon squeezy. Retire in one of dem free states without income tax and wtf is registration of guns anyway?

Most options out west. Not going there. Hate Florida, too hot. PA look promising, no registration and don’t tax pension and I like the hills.

Virgil Co.C · Oct 27, 2021

This is a concerning issue for me also , I plan on getting out of here first . Step 1

Shore88 · Oct 27, 2021

Mightydog said:
One thing is to make sure you specifically leave what you want to who you want in your will. Still need to meet all regulatory requirements such as not prohibited person, yada, yada, yada.

I need to do this. Thanks for the reminder.

Shore88 · Oct 27, 2021

I just read in a post from 2013 that an individual is exempt from having to obtain a HQL if a handgun is passed on to them as an inheritance. Is this correct?

Biggfoot44 · Oct 27, 2021

For actual direct inheritance . Giving away because you are slowing down in advanced years , or further distribution by named beneficiaries are regular transfers .

If the Will is unclear, or the deceased is intestate , consult your Estate Attorney .

Shore88 · Oct 28, 2021

Biggfoot44 said:
For actual direct inheritance . Giving away because you are slowing down in advanced years , or further distribution by named beneficiaries are regular transfers .

If the Will is unclear, or the deceased is intestate , consult your Estate Attorney .

Understood. Thanks.

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