Transfer of a firearm within family

[Rob]

Question on Wa laws (I have forgot since I moved...)

Can firearms be given to relatives w/o a background check?  E.G. can a brother give a gun to a sister (not living under the same roof but both reside in WA) 

[boneaddict]

Well, If my Dad gave me a gun I could give a rats f%%# what Inslee had to say about it.  Does that help. 

[10thmountainarcher]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

[brew]

Was just trying to post that

[fowl smacker]

Well, If my Dad gave me a gun I could give a rats f%%# what Inslee had to say about it.  Does that help.

[Rob]

Well, If my Dad gave me a gun I could give a rats f%%# what Inslee had to say about it.  Does that help.

I hear that

[Rob]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

Thanks!  That is what I was thinking but WA does not always have logic built into gun laws

[jackelope]

Well, If my Dad gave me a gun I could give a rats f%%# what Inslee had to say about it.  Does that help.

This is the law that would apply to me.

[ghosthunter]

Well, If my Dad gave me a gun I could give a rats f%%# what Inslee had to say about it.  Does that help.

This is the law that would apply to me.

 

[EnglishSetter]

I'm not sure up here.  In CA, handguns that were registered to me that I bought for my wife....eventually she wanted them in her name.  She had to basically go through a COE (certificate of eligibility) such as one working in a gun store.  Basically a background check, but it was online and the handguns never left our possession.  I think it was $19.  And immediate family meant just that.  Father,son, wife, daughter, grandparents.  No "related by marriage" (SIL, BIL, etc.).

If they hadn't been registered (long gun, pre-'76(?)), I wouldn't have bothered with the paperwork.

 

[Fidelk]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

Helpful.....but what is a "parents-in-law"? Don't think that I've heard that before.

[Fidelk]

Well, If my Dad gave me a gun I could give a rats f%%# what Inslee had to say about it.  Does that help.

Not really but I think you should keep it to yourself and not tell Inslee. I don't think that anyone gives a damn what families do within the family structure.......unless you give a gun to someone who is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

[Bob33]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

Helpful.....but what is a "parents-in-law"? Don't think that I've heard that before.

Eligible members are listed in the RCW.

(4) This section does not apply to:
(a) A transfer between immediate family members, which for this subsection shall be limited to spouses, domestic partners, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings, siblings-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first cousins, aunts, and uncles, that is a bona fide gift or loan;

[jackelope]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

Helpful.....but what is a "parents-in-law"? Don't think that I've heard that before.

Seems pretty straight forward to me. Parents = mother and father. Parents in law = mother in law and father in law.

[Fidelk]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

Helpful.....but what is a "parents-in-law"? Don't think that I've heard that before.

Seems pretty straight forward to me. Parents = mother and father. Parents in law = mother in law and father in law.

Thank you.....think I have it. Father/mother (or either adoptive parent) can give his son/daughter a firearm. Similarly, a father or mother-in-law can give their son or daughter-in-law a firearm. Just never heard the term parents-in-law.

[Pegasus]

I think since we live in a state of identity politics one can just identify as one's son, daughter, mother , etc. Seems to work for everything else, why not guns?

[Westside88]

Does anyone know whether the capacity ban applies to family transfers? For example if I hypothetically had a firearm with magazines in excess of 10 rounds and wanted to gift that firearm to a family member, is that allowed?

[blackdog]

Yes

[wapiti22]

Inslee is on his way out. It's his replacement you need to worry about, i.e. Ferguson!

[dreadi]

Does anyone know whether the capacity ban applies to family transfers? For example if I hypothetically had a firearm with magazines in excess of 10 rounds and wanted to gift that firearm to a family member, is that allowed?

Capacity is irrelevant in the transfer legality.

[huntnphool]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113

Immediate family transfers are exempt from the law.

Helpful.....but what is a "parents-in-law"? Don't think that I've heard that before.

Eligible members are listed in the RCW.

(4) This section does not apply to:
(a) A transfer between immediate family members, which for this subsection shall be limited to spouses, domestic partners, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings, siblings-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first cousins, aunts, and uncles, that is a bona fide gift or loan;

 Anyone know if this applies to a “will”?

 In other words, is a FFL needed?