Question Regarding a WWII Luger & Registration

[Weimadog]

Usually, a thread spirals into oblivion when the N-word is mentioned (*azi, rhymes with Yahtze), but I'll risk it.

When that firearm was manufactured, people had to hide things from government, which they had every right to own.

Now, sixty years later, somebody is trying to find the best way to register that firearm with another government.

This is a very, very sad thread.

Weimadog

 

[243_shooter]

Thinking about this at work today, I remember one of my friends.. He had an elderly relative move into NY with a pistol.

As I recall he had to surrender it to the State Police. They ran the serial number to make sure it didn't come up. Then all he had to do was add it to his permit, and he was good to go.

As it turns out it was a stolen gun, not much of a gun anyway. As far as I know it got shipped back to the owner.

This talk of the police "stealing" the gun is pretty interesting. Maybe NY isn't so bad after all.. Our State Police are a great bunch of guys / gals. Very well paid, and very professional. I'm good friends with a lot of 'em, and I've yet to see any with rooms stocked full of "liberated" goods. <sigh>. On the flip side, don't deal with the local yokels, an investigator with the BCI would be an excellent place to start.

I'd be 1000x's more concerend about it disappearing at the out of state FFL. Start playing games like that, somebody is going to take advantage of you.

If it's going to come back as a stolen serial number it will no matter how you get it on your permit, and they'll come for it.

Leo

After all that, if that happened to me, I don't know if I would register it. I know I'd never carry it, and would only rarely shoot it, so I'd probably put it in the safe and not worry about it.