A friend of mine is looking to sell an unregistered handgun due to financial reasons. It was a FTF sale and no paperwork was ever done on it. He bought the gun in Mo.
A common misconception with Missouri residents! Perpetrated for years by local police and sheriff departments. There has never been a
registration of handguns in this state. What was required was a permit to acquire. weather it be a sale, a gift, an inheritance, for what ever reason you were coming into possession of a handgun you were required to get the permit to acquire.
Abuse of this law led to it being repealed several years ago. No type of permit, or registration is now required to purchase a handgun in Missouri. further more, there is no problem with the gun in question not being "registered"
The abuse of this law was in requiring information about the firearm itself. Make, model ser. # caliber. All things that led people to believe they were registering the gun. Tha law really only required information on the
person to whom the gun was being acquired.
When these facts were pointed out in a senate hearing, the chief lobbyist for keeping the law said "If that is what it means, you might as well through the whole thing out!"
The legislature did, the next session.
So, sell as he may without worry, it's legal!!! I would suggest for CYA that he knows who he is selling it to, or at least has adequate reason to believe the person is of good character!
He'll probably take a beating if he sells it to a gun shop!!!