Need legal advice/selling guns for a friend

[bchase75]

Hey fellas,

My ex's mom lost her husband awhile back, and she's not sure what to do with his gun collection. She asked if I could help her sell them on this forum, and I'm happy to help, but I want to make sure everything is above board and compliant with current laws.

That said, does she need to transfer ownership to me before I can sell them? She lives in Ft. Collins and has MS, and she's not very mobile, so in theory I'd keep the guns down here in Denver while I'm selling them off.

Any advice y'all could give me would be greatly appreciated.

[generalmeow]

Legally, for you to take possession of them, you need to get background checked. But maybe there's an FFL in Fort Collins that will give you a good price on transferring the whole bunch at once.

That being said, didn't you tell us once that her husband gave you a lot of guns before he died, and prior to July 1, 2013?

[Great-Kazoo]

IIRC you can be in possession of a firearm for 72 hrs? One issue is value of guns. You going to use gunbroker and gunsamerica for average SOLD pricing? Have a smith give an appraisal etc? OR use BBOGV ? What does the ex feel the value is? you need to iron out gun values prior to sale. This way there is no conflict between you and the ex, AFTER a gun is sold.

[bchase75]

Yeah, I'll probably use gunbroker and the internets to establish approximate value, or bring it by BP Tactical to have Bert give it a once over and provide a value estimate (did that recently with an old AR). My plan is to go over the list with my ex and her mom to make sure there aren't any points of contention, then keep records as to what sold and for how much. Neither of them know much about firearms, so I'll just document the hell out of everything in case they have any questions or concerns.

[roberth]

I've worked with FFLs dealing with estates in this manner in the past.

Ask them if they want to sell the guns or keep them, meaning don't allow them to price the guns out of market value and then get angry when the guns don't sell. I've seen estates pull their collections from FFLs because the guns weren't selling fast enough when the guns were listed for more than market value.

Make sure all parties are in absolute agreement as to the pricing prior to any sale being finalized. If you are getting a commission for helping out make sure that all parties are in full agreement on this as well. Make sure that all parties are aware that some guns will take longer to sell than others and set expectations accordingly.

[bchase75]

Will do....thanks for the advice!

[To Bear Arms]

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[kidicarus13]

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Rich?... Rich Wyatt?

[Great-Kazoo]

Rich?... Rich Wyatt?

REALLY ? If you bothered to check his feed back, you's see he is not rw.

[kidicarus13]

REALLY ? If you bothered to check his feed back, you's see he is not rw.

No, not really. I was trying to be funny