Looking for advice on Prohibs

MustangFrank said:
The problem for the OP as I read it is he wishes to purchase 12.6 guns from people other than family members who have 12.6. I don't think this is possible.
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There are no such thing as 12.6 guns. The firearm describes the handguns in question at S 12.6.1 of the firearms act, and are referred to as 12.6.1 guns. S 12.6 and 12.7 describe two different groups of people who can get a license to own a 12.6.1., although the 12.7 group can only acquire 12.6.1 firearms made before 1946. Some people erroneously refer to this as a 12.7 gun, but it is not. Its just a 12.6.1 made before 1946.

As long as the OPs father is a legit 12.6 license holder, and the 12.6.1 guns in question are pre 46, his father can purchase for himself and then immediately transfer to the OP any and every pre 46 12.6.1 gun they can find anywhere. As soon as the OPs father gives up his license the buying spree ends.

It actually doesn't matter who finances the purchases, as long as the route of transfer follows what is permitted in the firearms act. There are lots of families doing this right now where the last 12.6 license holder is buying at least one pre 46 12.6.1 gun for every heir interested in gun owning.
 
Cameron , you just said there are no 12-6 guns, then in last of the post you referred to 12.6.1 guns .
The firearms act is complicated enough with out this , I know what it says, the question he asked was about prohibit guns
Next question is does he still have the guns? , his licence could show 12-6 still, but he may have sold the last one ?
and as stated , the guns have to be before 1946 , which means a lot of the new small guns are not covered
 
Sorry I just stumbled upon the newer responses. For the most part I am only interested in acquiring handguns and pistols that have been in the family for multiple generations. Up until recently I had wrongly assumed they were restricted only but it turns out some are prohib. I only found out my father is legal 12.6 holder by fluke while being middle man on a recent online deal with a fellow CGN member.

My other question was basically is there or will there be a market for pre 46 Prohibs in the future. Reason being able to hand them down OR selling and making a few $$ in a few years. I am most worried our lovely liberals will change the laws before I am able to legally take possession. Up until recently I have never had a PAL but have been involved with firearms with my dad for quite a while target shooting and he has always been a wheeler dealer in our local area buying and selling long guns mostly.
 
As a old fart, with a safe of handguns , I have not listening for years to the liberals
blood pressure stays way better. For years and years the family was liberal, till P.E.T, I am still pissed at him , now we have his twit of a son.
But all you have to look in the big cities to see who the voter is now in this country, 95% of them have never seen a gun. Darn, there goes the B pressure again.
Every time a election comes around and the B.S. flied , guys get worried and start to sell guns, and I buy, maybe the other guys are smarter than me , but I don't gin a ****
 
darrstew said:
Sorry I just stumbled upon the newer responses. For the most part I am only interested in acquiring handguns and pistols that have been in the family for multiple generations. Up until recently I had wrongly assumed they were restricted only but it turns out some are prohib. I only found out my father is legal 12.6 holder by fluke while being middle man on a recent online deal with a fellow CGN member.

My other question was basically is there or will there be a market for pre 46 Prohibs in the future. Reason being able to hand them down OR selling and making a few $$ in a few years. I am most worried our lovely liberals will change the laws before I am able to legally take possession. Up until recently I have never had a PAL but have been involved with firearms with my dad for quite a while target shooting and he has always been a wheeler dealer in our local area buying and selling long guns mostly.
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The is barely a market for pre 46 prohib handguns now, because the number of eligible buyers with 12.6 licenses is quickly shrinking. Without any changes to the law, the pre 46 prohib handguns will not have a market at all, and will be locked into the families that own them.

The rumours from yesteryear are that the whole 12.7 provision allowing ww2 era pistols to escape the smelter was specifically because rich and powerful liberals wrote that in so they could keep their family heirlooms. I would find it equally unlikely that the liberals would either eliminate the 12.7 exemption and condemn these pistols to the furnace, or eliminate the prohibition on short barrel handguns all together. I think its status quo until the government changes.
 
So there are no 12.6 guns but there are 12.6.1. Good to know. I'm sure people were wondering what the heck I was talking about.
 
I see lots of these replies saying you can get prohib pistols transferred to your relatives for a 12.7 at any time but I was under the impression that you could only have them willed to you upon their passing? How does this transfer work exactly? Just call cfo?
 
Milspectacles said:
I see lots of these replies saying you can get prohib pistols transferred to your relatives for a 12.7 at any time but I was under the impression that you could only have them willed to you upon their passing? How does this transfer work exactly? Just call cfo?
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Yup!
Let’s say I have 12(6) class. I happen to own 12(6) guns that are made before 1946, like PPKs, HScs, and Lugers. I can will, sell or transfer them to a RPAL holder in my family ( father/mother to son/daughter) anytime I choose. Call the CFO and do it like any other transfer indicating that the gun is 12(7) eligible. Obviously proof of gun age is required.

Once transferred as a 12(7), the son or daughter can transfer the same 12(7) gun to a spouse or their son/daughter as long as they have a RPAL also. 12(7) can go on down the family chain. Ironically, 12(6) guns made after 1946 are destined for the smelter on passing of the 12(6) holder.
 
Still alive said:
Yup!
Let’s say I have 12(6) class. I happen to own 12(6) guns that are made before 1946, like PPKs, HScs, and Lugers. I can will, sell or transfer them to a RPAL holder in my family ( father/mother to son/daughter) anytime I choose. Call the CFO and do it like any other transfer indicating that the gun is 12(7) eligible. Obviously proof of gun age is required.

Once transferred as a 12(7), the son or daughter can transfer the same 12(7) gun to a spouse or their son/daughter as long as they have a RPAL also. 12(7) can go on down the family chain. Ironically, 12(6) guns made after 1946 are destined for the smelter on passing of the 12(6) holder.
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Very good to know, thanks for the detailed response :)
 
Still Alive, your last statement is a bit misleading, when you die your guns can be sold to other people -12-6 holders, they are not just sized and melted, mind you at point in time , the youngest 12-6 holder could end up with them all.
 
marshall said:
Still Alive, your last statement is a bit misleading, when you die your guns can be sold to other people -12-6 holders, they are not just sized and melted, mind you at point in time , the youngest 12-6 holder could end up with them all.
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Yes, my bad. You are correct. 12(6) can be sold to other 12(6) holders. However, that select group is finite over time. I suppose the last one left “wins”!

But in the end, all 12(6) guns will end up in the smelter. That’s how our nefarious govt planned it.
 
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