Ben Cartwright SASS
NES Member
A friend of mine is looking at a gun a north shore gun shop, it is almost 2 hours from his house but only 45 minutes from mine. He wants me to buy it and then sell it to him.
I know I can buy a gun if I am giving it as a gift, although not sure how to answer the 4473 in that case. Or I can buy a gun if I mean to keep it for myself, and if later I don't like it I can sell it and that is not a straw purchase.
But I would think that if I buy it and sell it direct to him, say within a week or so that could be a straw purchase?
He has an LTC as do I. I thought that it was not a straw purchase if you buy a gun and then sell it to someone who is legally able to have it, the straw is when the other person is a PP ??
Another way I just thought of, could I buy it, then decide "I don't like it" and sell it to a local dealer who then sells it to my buddy? My paperwork trail shows it coming to me and then transfer to a dealer and him transferring it to my friend?
Or is there any good legal way to do this?
I know I can buy a gun if I am giving it as a gift, although not sure how to answer the 4473 in that case. Or I can buy a gun if I mean to keep it for myself, and if later I don't like it I can sell it and that is not a straw purchase.
But I would think that if I buy it and sell it direct to him, say within a week or so that could be a straw purchase?
He has an LTC as do I. I thought that it was not a straw purchase if you buy a gun and then sell it to someone who is legally able to have it, the straw is when the other person is a PP ??
Another way I just thought of, could I buy it, then decide "I don't like it" and sell it to a local dealer who then sells it to my buddy? My paperwork trail shows it coming to me and then transfer to a dealer and him transferring it to my friend?
Or is there any good legal way to do this?