[MarkL]

WTF?!?! I had heard about this, and grumbled about it, though I had never heard the fact that it was then transferred through a dealer, to another person! This would, for all intents and purposes, outlaw purchasing a gun as a gift for another!

Nobody in their right mind should be able to say that this is a staw purchase!

This ruling would effectively outlaw a father purchasing a .22 rifle or first shotgun for a child!

This is a complete and total outrage!!!

Mark

[MortMan]

I think the key is that the uncle sent a check for the gun a couple of days before the original purchase. That was the evidence of a “straw” purchase - to get the police discount.

FWIW.