is this legal?

[the blur]

It's only a problem if your aunt or uncle go balastic. Then your 100% responsible.

[growalot]

Great thread ....no wonder NY and other states are building so many new prisons...lol

So ...do not answer....how many have bought guns for their wives...husbands and kids...hhhmmm....lol

[josephmrtn]

oh well hopefuly his aunt and uncle are mentaly stable... lol

[shawnhu]

Probably going to get some heat for this, but I think giving $ as a gift to buy a gun, is much better than buying the gun in your name and giving it to someone else.

[Ford]

Illegal purchase, that makes me feel real good. As i said i was very forward that this gun was not for me. No one said anything

You are fine, read the form (that you signed lol)

You are the buyer if it is a gift.

No problem.

I had a girlfriend who bought me a shotgun. Later she decided that she wanted to actually transfer the gun in to my name. So I payed a fee at the gun shop. I think it was the same form. I dont think that was totally necessary, but she was from NYC, and buying a firearm was a new concept...

[Elmo]

I had a girlfriend who bought me a shotgun. Later she decided that she wanted to actually transfer the gun in to my name. So I payed a fee at the gun shop. I think it was the same form. I dont think that was totally necessary, but she was from NYC, and buying a firearm was a new concept...

In NYC, we register our firearms and are fully responsible for them. If someone is borrowing my firearm and he/she gets caught with any sort of violation, I'd be in trouble. Naturally, if someone else would be using my firearms without my supervision, I'd would want it off my name.

[Ford]

Yeah, I understand about NYC. But everywhere else if you sell a long gun to somebody it is just their firearm now. Thats it. Much more simple.

[Doc]

So how about other forms of transference such as inheritance. Do they have forms for that (I'm talking long-guns now)? If I die, is there some kind of form that my wife has to fill out? I mean, all of a sudden she becomes the owner of all my guns. Does that have to be documented?

[landtracdeerhunter]

Only a lawyer could give the correct answer.

Edited January 2, 2013 by landtracdeerhunter

[pewlodar]

So how about other forms of transference such as inheritance. Do they have forms for that (I'm talking long-guns now)? If I die, is there some kind of form that my wife has to fill out? I mean, all of a sudden she becomes the owner of all my guns. Does that have to be documented?

No forms for inheritance in NYS. If you can legally own the guns, they are yours. I had to bring my father's guns from NJ to NY. Inquired with several police departments and those that answered said NYS has no long gun registry so I could just go get them and bring them back. I just needed to be legally able to get them in NJ.

[covert]

#11a on the form (partial )

Are you the actual transferee / buyer of the firearm (s) listed on the form ? You are NOT the actual buyer if you are acquiring the firearm (s) on behalf of another person .

I would say it was an illegal purchase ........................

Oh for gosh sakes people, how hard it is to read something in it's entirety? Look down in the instructions.

The second sentence of Question 11.a. states "You are also the actual transferee/buyer if you are legitimately purchasing the firearm as a gift for a third party."

[boo711]

Unless you check "yes" that you are actual buyer you can not buy the firearm from what the sales guy at bass pro said. They sell them, especially during holidays where people buy them for other people. Guys buying for kids, wives buying for husbands etc. They all check they are buying for themselves. Said the only way you can get in trouble is if you buy for someone that cant buy for themselves!!!

[josephmrtn]

so it was illegal for my dad to buy a shotgun for me when i turned 14? its in his name... and as long as im responsible and dont break the law why should anyone care?

[NY Trophy Hunter]

Bottom line, don't purchase guns for convicted felons.

[Ford]

so it was illegal for my dad to buy a shotgun for me when i turned 14? its in his name... and as long as im responsible and dont break the law why should anyone care?

No, not illegal.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I just bought a rifle for my father for a Christmas gift. Its 100% legal, as he is A-OK to buy a firearm himself.

[Sogaard]

No forms for inheritance in NYS. If you can legally own the guns, they are yours. I had to bring my father's guns from NJ to NY. Inquired with several police departments and those that answered said NYS has no long gun registry so I could just go get them and bring them back. I just needed to be legally able to get them in NJ.

Except (of course) in NYC. When you apply for your rifle/shotgun permit in the city, you are asked to list a contact that can legally take possession of your firearms in case of death. If you do not list one, expect the police to drop by and confiscate them.