You're correct about the case of the LEO using his discount for his friend. He was convicted I believe.RoyGBiv wrote:This is my understanding as well.twomillenium wrote:Unless things have changed in the last 10 years. If you are buying a firearm to gift to someone who can legally own and possess a firearm, then the answer to the question on the 4473 form, "are you buying the firearm for yourself" is yes, because you plan to use it as a gift from you. IANAL
I bought my wife a gun for Christmas a few years ago.
I believe (my opinion) that a straw purchase would be if someone gives you the money and you buy the gun for them (which would require you to make a false statement on the 4473).
I recall a story from a year or two ago where a LEO got in trouble for buying a Glock for a friend using his LE discount because the friend wrote him a check before the gun was purchased. That's a no-no. Any arrangement where the gun is purchased with the intention of "selling" it on to another person immediately after the purchase is a no-no, regardless of when the second - sale money changes hands.
IANAL. Just my opinion.
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- Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:11 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Straw Man Query
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Re: Straw Man Query
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Straw Man Query
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Re: Straw Man Query
Untold numbers (thousands and thousands I would venture) of firearms are sold with the purpose of gifting every year, especially at Christmas and that was taken into account by the ATF, so it's not illegal to do so; unless the purchaser is aware that the person who would receive it as a gift is ineligible to possess a firearm. Santa's surprises would be spoiled if you had to take the giftee to the FFL . 