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lfinsr wrote:As stated above, gift card or cash is the easiest solution. That said, being the tin foil hat wearing, paranoid nut, bitter clinger that I am, I would never buy a firearm with a credit card to begin with. Just my .02 worth.

I have used a CC at a local store a couple of times but there is nothing on the receipt or transaction except the amount charged and the business....which isn't just a gun store. But I share your paranoia which is one of the reasons I never order ammo over the internet. I have occasionally ordered something that isn't specific to a particular gun, like a scope. Every CC purchase in this country is tracked. On the bright side there are too many to be monitored in real time so it's primarily data that is used to look back at what has been purchased by someone targeted in an investigation. Of course, that doesn't mean that at some future date it can't be used to compile lists of, say, guns individuals have purchased, or quantities of ammo.

superchief wrote:I'm an FFL and if you tried that sale through me, I would not take the chance that it was not a straw purchase. please, make it easy on the stupid kid and his manager working at the Academy. you filling out the paperwork and her using her card just "looks" fishy and is going to cause you a lot of grief. why not just have her buy you a gift certificate with her credit card?

I echo that sentiment. I wanted to buy my son a gun but instead of him doing the paper work and me paying I just gave him the cash up front so he did the paper work and paid himself. I figured him doing the paper work and me paying was just asking for trouble.