I was informed by a member of my rifle club who has been in meetings with some State police here in NY.Several counties in the upper NY area North have told thier county clerks to look at obituaries to connect names with weapon owners for the purpose of confiscation.I absolutely trust this source

The people who voted for 594 opened Pandora's box like they did here in NY.Like anything in this government the hidden underbelly of the law isn't what is voted on it's the pretty words and promised safety ...

Use the web to look up ny state police safe act procedures.if you loose your pistol permit the police remove ALL firearms from the person this includes your grandads shotgun.I repeat remove ALL firearms.I dont know if this happens if your giving up your permit for health or age reasons volentarly. This is how it will work in WA vote the law,enact the law then write the procedures to uphold the law.The people who voted for 594 opened pandora's box like they did here in NY.Like anything in this government the hidden underbelly of the law isn't what is voted on it's the pretty words and promised safty they choose but that gives lawmakers the ability to skew the law to take away your rights.

When you say "pistol permit" are you saying a permit to carry concealed or a permit to actually own the guns ? It sounds like what is going on in your neck of the woods is a major violation of the 4th amendment not to mention the 2nd. Any court challenges to the so called safe act and how its being abused ?

I would like to thank ANZAC and everyone who voted for this piece of shit law. The fact we are even debating this happening here means we are on the wrong path as a state with gun rights.

Use the web to look up ny state police safe act procedures.if you loose your pistol permit the police remove ALL firearms from the person this includes your grandads shotgun.I repeat remove ALL firearms.I dont know if this happens if your giving up your permit for health or age reasons volentarly. This is how it will work in WA vote the law,enact the law then write the procedures to uphold the law.The people who voted for 594 opened pandora's box like they did here in NY.Like anything in this government the hidden underbelly of the law isn't what is voted on it's the pretty words and promised safty they choose but that gives lawmakers the ability to skew the law to take away your rights.

I'm curious about the effects of the law on folks who find a deceased relative's firearms more than 60 days after the death.

Does it mean they are instantly criminals for finding the guns too late and then being in control of them?

OK, that was quick: "when the police will take your gun"

- arrest for using the firearm in commission of a crime, threatening to use, pointing it at someone or actually pulling the trigger on someone. Taken as evidence until prosecution is over with and sentencing.
- concealed carry violation arrest, no permit.
- prohibited possessor, someone convicted of a Felony and is in possession of a firearm. might be some stipulations as to what kind of felony. Need to research that one to get perfect answer.
- taken for safekeeping: ie we go into a home of a mentally ill person and they are a threat to themselves or others we could remove a firearm if it is readily accessible and the person has either mentioned using it or it is readily accessible to them.
- If we arrest someone and they have a gun on them but not prohibited, we take the gun for safe keeping. They can get the gun back at a later date after they get out of jail. Jail will not accept a firearm as personal property. ((I think this assumes they don't become prohibited if convicted - ANZAC))

Big ones are arrests and prohibited possessor stuff.

- Hunting violations: taking game out of season, no license in season and whatever else the WDFW officer can think of to keep the gun. They take guns all the time I’ve heard.
- no idea about the new legislation ((594 - ANZAC)) on how that will affect what we do if anything.

Did you actually read 594? It doesn't say within "60 days after the death" as you wrote.

It says:

"acquired a pistol by operation of law upon the death of the former owner of the pistol within the preceding sixty days"

So. There is an estate, there are man things to be settled. I don't know much about the probate process but it says you have to have ACQUIRED the pistol BY OPERATION OF LAW, within the preceding sixty days.

And let's hypothetically say you just find a gun in a storage unit, surely that is the point at which you acquire it.....?

OK, that was quick: "when the police will take your gun"

- arrest for using the firearm in commission of a crime, threatening to use, pointing it at someone or actually pulling the trigger on someone. Taken as evidence until prosecution is over with and sentencing.
- concealed carry violation arrest, no permit.
- prohibited possessor, someone convicted of a Felony and is in possession of a firearm. might be some stipulations as to what kind of felony. Need to research that one to get perfect answer.
- taken for safekeeping: ie we go into a home of a mentally ill person and they are a threat to themselves or others we could remove a firearm if it is readily accessible and the person has either mentioned using it or it is readily accessible to them.
- If we arrest someone and they have a gun on them but not prohibited, we take the gun for safe keeping. They can get the gun back at a later date after they get out of jail. Jail will not accept a firearm as personal property. ((I think this assumes they don't become prohibited if convicted - ANZAC))

Big ones are arrests and prohibited possessor stuff.

- Hunting violations: taking game out of season, no license in season and whatever else the WDFW officer can think of to keep the gun. They take guns all the time I’ve heard.
- no idea about the new legislation ((594 - ANZAC)) on how that will affect what we do if anything.

Did you actually read 594? It doesn't say within "60 days after the death" as you wrote.

It says:

"acquired a pistol by operation of law upon the death of the former owner of the pistol within the preceding sixty days"

So. There is an estate, there are man things to be settled. I don't know much about the probate process but it says you have to have ACQUIRED the pistol BY OPERATION OF LAW, within the preceding sixty days.

And let's hypothetically say you just find a gun in a storage unit, surely that is the point at which you acquire it.....?

I think you didn't read that post where I asked for clarification on that specific statement.

It still leaves room for making felons - specially if the heir just knows they're supposed to receive everything by operation of law (e.g. no will, law says it all goes to the spouse). Clearly it's within 60 days of that at least.

Alpine does make a good point though - even if it's how you describe. You can acquire goods by operation of law and not know their contents, or just not be available to go through them, or they're remote (e.g. you inherit a cabin in the woods and find a hunting pistol).

The law makes no provision for that, and they can do like NY and see if some of the stuff on the pistol registry is still owned by a decedent after 90 days, likely as for most regular folks things will have gone through the process by then.

Then there's the case where there's a large collection or one that is spread out. What if you miss transferring a gun and find it later after the due date?

Do you turn yourself in and hope they're lenient or just throw it away?