..and holding a gun at a range is not possession because no transfer took place...
Under both Federal and State laws everywhere, posession of anything and not limited to drugs, firearms, residences, books computers, and vehicles simply means having it under your immediate control. No more. No less. In your hands is control too whether you own, rent, or borrow. That’s an example of immediate control. You get the idea.
BS. You don’t know what you’re talking about. When you go to the gunstore in another state, and ask to hold a handgun, you are not “in possession”.
Firearms law is quite different from dope law.
No transfer took place and they will win this case. The proof is that the FFL will not be prosecuted for transferring guns to them.
And calling the cops doesn’t let them out of it. Think a store can sell a gun to a felon and or prohibited person and just call the cops and say, “hey, we fyi, just sold a gun to a prohibited person”?
Another way it differs is in product liability and it needing to go before consumer product safety commission.