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Ignoring the vast majority of responses here would be a good first step. Many can earn you jail time.——————————-EDIT/UPDATE: If you find yourself in disagreement with my position and if you find you like the advice from one of the many responses recommending illegal activity, watch this video from Forgotten Weapons on exactly this subject! Don’t do something stupid!Now. Back to your regularly scheduled answer…——————————-The following is based in my time spent as a professional gun guy in the museum field. It wasn’t the title, but I teach and have consulted on the subject of firearms and museums for 15 years. Over the last 15 years, this has become a real issue as grandfathers have passed away, leaving behind unregistered machineguns, short-barreled shotguns or rifles, and destructive devices.Based on my experience and understanding of firearms law and acknowledging I am not a lawyer, I suggest the following steps be taken. I am specifically starting at BATFE and not local law enforcement because they have the jurisdiction over anyone else. Also, they will not have a personal axe to grind that some local LEOs may have.This response applies if this is a weapon known/suspected to be in one of the categories mentioned above. If you know the weapon is registered already (and you have documentation), great - but you will still need to contact ATF to transfer the registration.That said, in the situation described, I would do the following:Record all marks on the firearm(s) in question. Take photographs of it and where it was. If it is reasonably secure, do not move it.DO NOT TRANSPORT IT ANYWHERE. This is when you will get stopped for speeding, a tail light, or just because. Your nervousness will lead to a search and you will get caught for possession of an unregistered machinegun. You may be found innocent, but you still have lawyer fees to pay for.Keep records of all conversations with law enforcement. Keep them in the same notebook, binder, folder, etc. Get the first and last name, title, and phone number of everyone you talk to about the firearm in question.Contact the local office for BATFE. Ask for their Industry Operations Investigator. Tell them the BASIC situation: “I need help. So-and-so died. We were going through the attic. We found a gun in a foot locker and we don’t know what to do with it. I called you because I think it is a machine gun. I wrote down the serial number and some other stuff if that helps.”Follow their instructions. They will likely contact the ATF’s National Firearms Act Branch to run the serial number in order to see if it was registered. If they do not bring it up, ask them if you should expect someone to come by to pick it up. Do what you can to facilitate transfer of this weapon to law enforcement short of taking it to them. Don’t be the person on the news walking into the local PD with a submachine gun.If it is currently registered, the ATF will let you know and you can then pursue transfer of the registration or return to the appropriate person if that person is still alive. At this point, you may wish to proceed on to contacting Rock Island Auctions or James D. Julia Auctions as registered NFA weapons are regularly sold in the low 5-figure range ($20-40k).If it is not currently registered, it falls into the category of Contraband. There are very few options at this point. Most contraband arms are turned over to law enforcement (of any level) and destroyed. Some find their way to government agencies and are then registered to same under a BATFE Form 10. The umbrella of “government agencies” includes law enforcement AND MUSEUMS. City, County, State, and Federal Museums (are all the bills and payroll paid by that government entity?) can and do register these arms under Form 10s. It is a pain in the ass, but it can be done. I have seen several World War II-era firearms find their way to museums in this manner.Keep in mind that BATFE has two main parts of the organization Industry Operations (working with regulations, checks on dealers, manufacturers, etc.) and Enforcement (guns and badges). Almost all of these men and women really like guns. If you come to them and ask for help, you will usually get help. If you get caught out in a lie, trying to hide something, or otherwise doing something you know is wrong, you may get to meet the folks from Enforcement - with an unexpected 5:00 AM wakeup call.As mentioned, I have been doing this for 15 years. The only time I have seen bad things happen is when people do dumb (illegal) things. When you are upfront and truthful, they will work with you to resolve the issue.Best of luck!EDIT/ADDENDUM:Commentary on other post suggestions:Don’t tell nobody nuthin’ - You, my friend, may be committing a crime in the way of possession of an illegal firearm, destruction of evidence, theft, or other. If you do this and the ATF or any other LEO finds out, you will be prosecuted.Deactivate it! - There is no such thing. If you have a machinegun and fill the barrel/action with weld, it is still legally a machinegun. The only way to turn a machinegun into a non-machinegun is to cut up the receiver. The ATF has a VERY specific set of instructions on how to do this.Museums and historic firearms - Museums may or may not be able to take your firearm. They may not want your firearm. If it is in this category (machinegun, shorty-barrels, destructive device, etc.) and unregistered, private museums (any 501(c)3) will be unable to obtain it. If registered, someone still has to do the transfer paperwork and the museum will need to be qualified as a “Firearms Trust” (unless said museum is an FFL). Regardless of registration status, government museums can accept and process under a Form 10.Filed Serial Numbers - CALL ATF. If the serial numbers were filed off, there is a reason why. Someone is likely looking for the perpetrator of a crime. That gun may be the piece of evidence they are looking for.If the gun is a .22 or obviously very old, there is every possibility that there were no serial numbers. Prior to the Gun Control Act of 1968, serialization was not required. Most manufacturers serially numbered their product for inventory purposes but cheaper companies - especially involving .22s - often skipped this step.

In Jan 2013, I purchased the 380 Mini rerovlver. It was the worst firearms purchase of my life! The trigger is horrible. But more than that, the cylinder would jam at least 3-4 times out of every 50 rounds. To free the jam the cylinder had to be rotated manually, as the trigger cannot be depressed once the cylinder jammed. This is a terrible situation for a firearm intended for concealed carry! Since that time I tried cleaning, polishing and working in the revolver. After running several hundred rounds through the revolver, the jamming (and trigger) never improved so this year I sent the revolver back to Taurus for a warranty repair.While it is true Taurus has a lifetime warranty, Taurus customer service is horrendous. First, I had to ship the revolver back to them at my expense. Next, while their on-line tracking system acknowledged receipt of the revolver, the status never progressed past under review. So after 3 months, I called Taurus. I was informed that the revolver was unrepairable because the frame had been improperly drilled with some of the holes (including the one for the firing pin) misaligned. Taurus offered to ship a replacement revolver to an FFL but the catch is that I'd be responsible for the FFL fees. This presented a problem for me as the FFL fees for handguns is expensive in my home state of Maryland as a result of legislative changes that went into effect in Oct 2013. Without going into all of the details, it would cost me about $200 to receive the handgun from an FFL because I do not have the Maryland handgun purchasing license. I tried explaining this to Taurus and asked if they could either send the replacement revolver directly to me, which is permitted under Maryland law (I even gave them a link to the state police website), or provide a refund. Taurus refused and referred me to their policy on their website.Two points are noteworthy: 1) It is unknown how wide-spread this the problem is. All I know is that my revolver was manufactured incorrectly and Taurus' quality control did not detect the problem. Taurus is returning my revolver with a letter saying that it is "unsafe". I do not know how many other "unsafe" Taurus revolvers are out there but Taurus seems to be in no hurry to warn its customers. 2) Taurus is hiding behind its company policy (posted on the website) to explain the fact that their remedy for the unsafe revolver would result in extensive charges to their customer. The fact that Taurus' sloppy manufacturing and poor quality control resulted in a unsafe firearm being delivered to their customer and the fact that the customer had this unsafe firearm for 2 years does not seem to bother the company.As a result, I cannot recommend the 380 mini revolver and advise against having any dealings with Taurus.

Universal background checks will force people to either get a background check…Or acknowledge to themselves that they are criminalsIt is that simpleEach person that sells a weapon is directly responsible for who they sell a weapon toAllowing the (non-ffl) seller to use NICS to vet prospective buyers only offloads some of the responsibility onto governmentSurely you are aware of the stories where a FFL has denied a sale that NICS has approved and they later find out that the prospective buyer has obtained a weapon else where and comitted a mass casualty eventThe law is still “know or suspect” for both ffl and non-ffl… even with the tool that allows you to quickly consult law enforcement