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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:07:11 PM

Title: hand gun question
Post by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:07:11 PM: Never sold or trasfered ownership so i am kinda curious.
I plan on buying a handgun for my son,assuming i will have to register it in my name when i buy it.How do i go about trasfering it into his name when i end up giving it to him?
Title: Re: hand gun question
Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2012, 10:12:21 PM: How old is your son?
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Post by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:12:56 PM: 22
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Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2012, 10:20:50 PM: You can give it to him if he's legally allowed to own one.

Just curiously, if you're planning to buy it for him and then give it to him, why not simply let him buy it?
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Post by: bobcat on February 23, 2012, 10:22:44 PM: There is no need to transfer anything into his name. We don't register handguns in this state.
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Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2012, 10:24:10 PM: If you wanted to voluntarily report the transfer, you could with this form:

http://www.dol.wa.gov/forms/652004.pdf
Title: Re: hand gun question
Post by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:27:49 PM: gonna be a surprise gift and our schedules are different enough that it is not really feasable to meet when anyplace is open
Title: Re: hand gun question
Post by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:32:19 PM: Quote from: bobcat on February 23, 2012, 10:22:44 PM
There is no need to transfer anything into his name. We don't register handguns in this state.
Isn't it automatically registered in my name when i fill out the paperwork
Title: Re: hand gun question
Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2012, 10:38:36 PM: Quote from: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:32:19 PM
Quote from: bobcat on February 23, 2012, 10:22:44 PM
There is no need to transfer anything into his name. We don't register handguns in this state.
Isn't it automatically registered in my name when i fill out the paperwork
The dealer that sells the gun keeps the completed form 4473 in their files. This form contains the name of the purchaser but that information does not get "registered" anywhere else.
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on February 23, 2012, 10:39:16 PM: And it doesn't legally have to be in his name for him to own it.
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Post by: bobcat on February 23, 2012, 10:40:13 PM: Quote from: Fowlweather25 on February 23, 2012, 10:39:16 PM
And it doesn't legally have to be in his name for him to own it.

Right. Because there is no such thing as "gun registration" in this state.
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Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2012, 10:41:25 PM: The only time there could be a problem is if the gun got into the wrong hands and was used in a crime, and the gun could somehow be traced to the dealer that sold it.
Title: Re: hand gun question
Post by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:42:41 PM: O.K. so i don't really need to do any paperwork ,but if i was so inclined i could just fill out and send in that transfer paperwork,/He ia a Jr. so he technically has my same name
Title: Re: hand gun question
Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2012, 10:43:15 PM: Quote from: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:42:41 PM
O.K. so i don't really need to do any paperwork ,but if i was so inclined i could just fill out and send in that transfer paperwork,/He ia a Jr. so he technically has my same name
:tup:
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on February 23, 2012, 10:43:34 PM: :tup: you got it!
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Post by: flinger on February 23, 2012, 10:44:16 PM: great info
Thanks Guys
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Post by: Caseyd on February 23, 2012, 11:21:55 PM: And when you are purchasing the gun....You are not buying it for someone else :tup: