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Giving a firearm as a gift
asop
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any (legal) ramifications that should be given some thought?
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Federal law states you can purchase a "bona fide" gift for another, bona fide basically means that you are not doing a straw purchase. The other points of federal law state that you cannot know or reasonably should have known that the recipient is a "prohibited person". Also, the transfer is intrastate only so it can only go to someone in your state of residence.
State laws vary so we would have to know and look up your state laws on private party transfers but if your state allows private party transfers you should be good.
This is not required but I myself recommend doing a simple bill of sale stating that you transferred the certain firearm to another person that you both sign. I recommend this only because you never know where the gun will end up. I always tell my customers that ask about it "if there is a paper trail leading TO you, it is best to have a paper trail leading AWAY from you. This is probably more important for a firearm you just bought for the purpose of giving away than it is for a firearm you had for 20 years and gave away since you never used it or something like that.
In the case of a firearm that you leave someone in a will- the executor CAN send it directly to the inheritor, so long as possession is legal in that state- No FFL required. Again, in 18.922. Does not even need a will if it is next of kin. Called "intestate succession".