eye95
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There is a myth out there that a straw purchase is only the buying of a firearm on behalf of someone else after which the someone else will get the firearm and the buyer will be reimbursed. That may well have been the intent of the law. That is not the effect.
If one buys a firearm with the intent to sell (not gift) the firearm to someone else, instead of the intent to be that actual owner of the gun, then it is a straw purchase. One’s intent can change after the purchase is complete. What matters is one’s intent at the time of the purchase. The ATF will likely draw a conclusion about the intent at the time of purchase if the firearm is sold almost immediately after the purchase.
[I am starting this thread to keep another thread from being derailed.]
If one buys a firearm with the intent to sell (not gift) the firearm to someone else, instead of the intent to be that actual owner of the gun, then it is a straw purchase. One’s intent can change after the purchase is complete. What matters is one’s intent at the time of the purchase. The ATF will likely draw a conclusion about the intent at the time of purchase if the firearm is sold almost immediately after the purchase.
[I am starting this thread to keep another thread from being derailed.]