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The inheritance sounds a bit informal, but
IF the aunt was the executor
AND she distributed the gun according to the decedent's wishes
THEN it sounds like it really was an inheritance.
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In the colloquial sense yes, but legally that sounds a bit questionable. Verbal contracts are pretty sketchy in most places if accepted at all legally. To assume it was legally an inheritance puts the OP in a serious bind if the federal government and/or the state of California do not agree that a verbal request counts legally as a bequest.