Thinking of selling gun to friend... Can I hold rifle (store/keep) while he waits on BGC to go through?

[EHJ]

Or does the FFL have to hold it while waiting?

Oregon / Private transfer.


Thanks for any help.


Post Edit: Yes you can. Depending on the FFL.

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[oremike]

Probably should ask the FFL that is handling the transfer. Different ones might handle it differently.

 

[EHJ]

Probably should ask the FFL that is handling the transfer. Different ones might handle it differently.

So it's discretionary on the ffl then...

Not state law?

Thank you!

 

[bionic knees]

asking a question like this on an internet forum will get you 100 answers, pick the one you like!

 

[oremike]

So it's discretionary on the ffl then...

Not state law?

Thank you!

I don't know, way back before Nov 2022 when I did a private party transfer we'd just stand at the counter for a couple of minutes until I cleared and he walked out with the money and I paid the FFL for his service and I walked out with the gun. Now days though with the long delays in the "instant" background checks I don't know if the FFL has to put it in his bound book and keep it until the background check clears. Now days even with a concealed carry permit I was told I'm in the que and will have to wait about 6 weeks to pick up my gun.

 

[Stomper]

My GUESS is that the FFL has to enter it into their bound-book that shows incoming/outgoing inventory dispositions, so if it were MY bound-book that was subject to an inventory inspection/reconciliation by the alphabet twats… I'd be storing it until the UBC was completed.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Post 114 (while pending)
Many non holding FFL's state that the seller can/should hold onto the firearm until the BGC clears.

 

[titsonritz]

If it a good enough friend and the rifle was owned prior May 10, 2015, I'd hand shake deal and F' Oregon and their BS.

 

[solv3nt]

If it a good enough friend and the rifle was owned prior May 10, 2015, I'd hand shake deal and F' Oregon and their BS.

Oregon statue of limitations is two years on a misdemeanor.

 

[Longwalkhome]

If you were at a gun show and called in the transfer then the gun stays in your possession until the approval is given.

That is unless they changed the law.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Wa state as well

Oregon statue of limitations is two years on a misdemeanor.

 

[Howard1955]

I was told by the LGS that they have to store the firearm while waiting for the background check to be completed.

But if it's an older gun that hasn't been put into the system yet, nobody will know what you do with it - or that it even exists.

 

[EHJ]

Well well well...

This is exactly how A Cut Above is doing things for everyone now.

Sweet.

A Cut Above Pawn

www.acutabovepawn.com

 

[Howard1955]

Well well well...

This is exactly how A Cut Above is doing things for everyone now.

Sweet.

A Cut Above Pawn

www.acutabovepawn.com

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Interesting.

My last background check took about 5 minutes.

The LGS says the backlog could be as long as 3 months now.

The date on that notice is last November. I wonder if they've changed their policy since then?

 

[EHJ]

Interesting.

My last background check took about 5 minutes.

The LGS says the backlog could be as long as 3 months now.

Yup.
But this will work fine. I can retain gun(s) until everything clears.
Nobody need worry about storage by a third party - and everyone gets visitation rights!

 

[Howard1955]

I just called and spoke to someone at A Cut Above.

He said that their policy hasn't changed, and that it's up to the FFL whether they keep guns or not, during a background check.

 

[Bobbygun]

Wa state as well

Are you and @solv3nt attorneys, or did you both stay at a Holiday Inn last night? Not together of course. Well... I'm not judging.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Nah , just a plain old fashioned scoff-law. Yes , it's a word

 

[Ruger Rich]

If it a good enough friend and the rifle was owned prior May 10, 2015, I'd hand shake deal and F' Oregon and their BS.

I've thought about this situation many times. And I strongly agree with you. For me anyway, those guns I
own prior to this I place a higher value on.

 

[solv3nt]

Are you and @solv3nt attorneys, or did you both stay at a Holiday Inn last night? Not together of course. Well... I'm not judging.

You should really verse yourself on what the statute of limitations means.... Just saying....




Not that I'm advocating that you break the law.