[DonT]

You sell gun person uses it in a crime if you bought gun in store serial number comes back on you.
With no proof you sold it your a person of interest.

You don't need a sales receipt. But in case you sell a gun or gift a gun, you would just write a memo of record to yourself, that on such and such a date, you gave/sold this gun, with this serial no., to such and such a person. File it away for just in case.

 

[DonT]

I have several firearms with zero paperwork, all inherited from my deceased father or gifted from him. How do I "prove" those guns are mine? It's kind of like any other property, like a TV or appliance that got stolen. Who has receipts for stuff like that, to prove the items are yours?

 

[DonT]

It's very much a personal choice on how far you wish to go to protect yourself from a legal tangle. We don't want to sell a gun to a felon or to someone underage or to someone from another state. I personally would insist on seeing the buyer's valid Georgia Driver's License at the least, and I would prefer a GWCL in most cases.