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The auto weapons get tricky. A lot of vets never registered their souvenir guns, or they had them deactivated prior to 1968 and then never registered them in the amnesty. The heirs have no idea that the guns are illegal or that they can't just sell them. Unfortunately, finding an unregistered souvenir MP.40 in the attic is no different legally than finding that kilo of cocaine Gramps forgot about.
The only thing an heir or executor can do legally with an unregistered MG is to contact BATFE or the police, preferably through an attorney, and arrange to abandon (surrender) the gun. BATFE can, however, tell the party involved whether the gun is registered; if so, it can be legally transferred to the heirs.
Jim
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