IANAL but I think the father could travel with his firearm when visiting family and leave it at his son's house without breaking any laws. I also think there's an exception for heirs in a will.1qaz wrote:Rather than going to the trouble of transferring ownership, is there a big problem with merely 'loaning' the weapon to anyone across a state line? Depending on the familial relationship involved, it may be easier to just 'let them borrow it' for an indefinite period of time. As long as the parties involved have no intent of ever selling the weapon, would that work? particularly if one of the parties is elderly - and don't ever want the weapon back, anyway....?
I agree with carlson1 about in state shipments.