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  • Don McManus
    A purchase of a gift is not a straw purchase.

    http://www.brokawarms.com/library/gunlaws/strawpurchase.html

    From the link:


    Where a person purchases a firearm with the intent of making a gift of the firearm to another person, the person making the purchase is indeed the true purchaser. There is no straw purchaser in these instances. In the above example, if Mr. Jones had bought a firearm with his own money to give to Mr. Smith as a birthday present, Mr. Jones could lawfully have completed Form 4473. The use of gift certificates would also not fall within the category of straw purchases. The person redeeming the gift certificate would be the actual purchaser of the firearm and would be properly reflected as such in the dealer's records.

    Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATF-E) Federal Firearms Regulation Guide 2005 General Information, Page 165
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  • joshmb1982
    ok thanks for the info
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  • slumlord44
    It becomes a straw purchase when you buy a gun for somone who is by law not allowed to own a firearm. It is also illegal to knowingly give a gun to somone who is by law not allowed to own a firearm
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