Cold Guns

[padishar123]

Is anyone familiar with the legalities of "Cold Guns"? I.e. a gun that someone else bought through a FFL dealer, then sold cash to you.

I was wondering what the liability to me would be if i sold someone one of my guns just for cash. i know person to person sales in Indiana are legal (no registration required) but i was wondering what would happen if a crime was committed with the gun down the road. would the govt/ATF backtrack from the original owner through the people that had owned it to find out where it came from?

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

This question comes up here a lot...

And it's exactly this scenario that some folks like to write out a "bill of sale" for said firearm and have each party sign a copy; and each party take a copy. Or at least you, as the seller, maintain the copy.

-J-

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

As a CYA precaution whenever I sell a gun I have the person sign a receipt / bill of sale for it . If they don't sign , no sale .

 

[padishar123]

As a CYA precaution whenever I sell a gun I have the person sign a receipt / bill of sale for it . If they don't sign , no sale .

do you have a bill of sale template i could use?

 

[turnandshoot4]

I, ____________ do hereby sell ______________ SN _______________ to _____________ on _____________ of ___________.

 

[Taipan]

One of the things that I see a ton of on the guns for sale section of this board is LTCH required for purchase. That covers your posterior in that you have a reasonable notion that the fellow is not a felon/loony.

 

[concrete dog]

billofsale.pdf on texasguntrader.com here is one i have used in the past

 

[NEWMAN]

legal, not worried about it.

 

[The Meach]

Well if the intent was to buy the gun from the FFL for the expressed purpose of selling to somebody else, I think that counts as a straw purchase....?

Any Lawyers in the house?

 

[Joe Williams]

I won't buy from a private party who requires a bill of sale. If I'm buying from a private party, I don't want paperwork. If I'm going to have paperwork, I'm going to have the advantages of a gunshop, too. A bill of sale is advantageous only to the seller. It does nothing for me.