SDM
Member
--First off this is just a question I have been pondering. I have NO intention of doing anything remotely illegal.--
I know that having someone (who can’t buy legally themselves) give you the money to buy a gun, you go buy it, and then give it to that person is a straw purchase.
What if however, you know someone who has really been looking for gun X? You go to a shop or gun show and see gun X for a good price and buy it with the intention of letting that person have it for the price you paid. A week later you sell to them without ever opening the box. Is that a straw purchase?
What if you wait a month? What if you fire 20 rounds through it? At what point does a “straw purchase” become “I bought the gun and then decided to sell it”?
I know that having someone (who can’t buy legally themselves) give you the money to buy a gun, you go buy it, and then give it to that person is a straw purchase.
What if however, you know someone who has really been looking for gun X? You go to a shop or gun show and see gun X for a good price and buy it with the intention of letting that person have it for the price you paid. A week later you sell to them without ever opening the box. Is that a straw purchase?
What if you wait a month? What if you fire 20 rounds through it? At what point does a “straw purchase” become “I bought the gun and then decided to sell it”?