[Michael.SF.]

Classify this one as mixed feelings: I don't believe the gun seller has the right to rescind the sale based on the intent (that being a legal use of the AR15) of Mr. Kelly. On the other hand, this is the guy I would go to buy my next gun, were I in Arizona.

[Mr Rogers]

What a gun shop owner told me was that he was required to refuse any sale if he felt ‘uncomfortable’ about the sale. Someone buying a gun for someone else might act abnormal, so he was supposed to err on the side of caution.

Don’t know if that is true - not a gun shop owner, myself.

[TexasRedeye]

I don't believe the gun seller has the right to rescind the sale based on the intent

Actually, a licensed FFL dealer can refuse to sell to anyone for any reason or no reason according to BATFE regulations.

BTW - other threads seem to dispute that Kelly committed a felony by falsifying the 4473 (gifting a firearm is cited as legal). If that is true, he should simply be incarcerted for being STUPID!

[vette6387]

” I don’t believe the gun seller has the right to rescind the sale based on the intent...”

Nonsense! NO shoes, NO Shirt, NO Service!

[CPONuke]

The owner can’t take the chance BATF will come at him for knowingly aiding a “straw purchase.” Maybe this was the plan all along. Buy the gun, announce you are giving it away, then charge the SELLER with a crime! I think we all know Kelly would never be charged but the owner’s FFL would be in serious jeopardy.