Is buying a gun as a gift a "straw purchase"?

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As long as the person can legally own the gun, and pass the 4473 you can buy the gun and give it to him or her. Straight from the ATF agent I talked to.
 

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If you say that you are buying the gun for yourself when you intend to give it as a gift (even to a legal recipient), then you would be lying.

Technically, if you are buying the gun with the intent to give it to someone doesn't the recipient have to fill out a 4473?

No, because you are, in fact, the purchaser.

It would be a straw purchase if you were buying it with money from the person receiving the "gift".

And, the recipient of the gift does not have to be a family member etc, you can legally give your neighbor (or anyone else who can legally own it) the gift of a firearm. You can't gift a firearm to a resident of another state as that would constitute an illegal transfer unless you sent it to a dealer in the recipient's state of residence and the dealer did the transfer paperwork.
 

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It would be a straw purchase if you were buying it with money from the person receiving the "gift".

Clearly.

And, the recipient of the gift does not have to be a family member etc, you can legally give your neighbor (or anyone else who can legally own it) the gift of a firearm.

This is the part I'm not sure about... And someone here with an FFL doesn't think you can gift a firearm to a non family member.
 

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Clearly.



This is the part I'm not sure about... And someone here with an FFL doesn't think you can gift a firearm to a non family member.
As a former FFL as of last November I'd like to humbly disagree. I think the term is Bone-A-Fide Gift ( or something like that ) and it covers anyone whom could legally own a firearm may be bought a firearm as a gift. Now, keep in mind that some states interpret this differently.
 

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