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Can a Family memeber sell me a gun?

I am sorry but that is not correct. If you knowingly purchase a firearm for someone who cannot legally own it then you have committed a felony straw purchase. It doesn't matter if you bought it from your neighbor or an FFL. It is still a felony.
I said as long as they were not a prohibited person. An 18 year old is not a prohibited person in Ga.
 
I said as long as they were not a prohibited person. An 18 year old is not a prohibited person in Ga.
You said it is legal to do a straw purchase as long as an FFL was not involved. That is incorrect. A straw purchase is any purchase where the end buyer is a prohibited person or a person who does not want their information to be on a 4473 and that is illegal for anyone, not just when and FFL is involved. If you buy a gift of a handgun for someone 18 years of age that is not a straw purchase (unless they are otherwise prohibited). If someone 18 years of age gives you the money to buy a handgun for them then you have committed a straw purchase. Now, it may be tough to prove that the 18 YO gave you the money and it wasn't an actual gift but to say it is legal to do as long as it isn't through an FFL is just not correct.
 
At 18 you can legally own a hand gun. If you do something stupid and it gets ran, and the police see it was recently purchased by a family member you could get some real grief.

Of course ultimately if you aren't a felon it would be legal to own. Just keep your mouth shut about it.
That is correct but, he cannot buy it from an FFL and you cannot take his money and go to an FFL and buy it for him even if you are his parent. Using your own money and giving to him is a gift which is legal.
 
You said it is legal to do a straw purchase as long as an FFL was not involved. That is incorrect. A straw purchase is any purchase where the end buyer is a prohibited person or a person who does not want their information to be on a 4473 and that is illegal for anyone, not just when and FFL is involved. If you buy a gift of a handgun for someone 18 years of age that is not a straw purchase (unless they are otherwise prohibited). If someone 18 years of age gives you the money to buy a handgun for them then you have committed a straw purchase. Now, it may be tough to prove that the 18 YO gave you the money and it wasn't an actual gift but to say it is legal to do as long as it isn't through an FFL is just not correct.
You are wrong, look the code up. There is not a criminal code in regard to a straw purchase in a private sale of firearms or anything else. If you believe you are correct post the code section that states so
 
At 18 you can legally own a hand gun. If you do something stupid and it gets ran, and the police see it was recently purchased by a family member you could get some real grief.

Of course ultimately if you aren't a felon it would be legal to own. Just keep your mouth shut about it.


Police cannot see the history of the gun by simply "running" the serial numbers at a traffic stop. All they can see if it was stolen or not. To see more than that would require an ATF trace which takes considerable time......because government.
 
straw purchase or nominee purchase is any purchase wherein an agent agrees to acquire a good or service for someone who is often unable or unwilling to purchase the good or service themselves, and the agent transfers the goods or services to that person after purchasing them. In general, straw purchases are legal except in cases where the ultimate receiver of goods or services uses those goods or services in the commission of a crime with the prior knowledge of the straw purchaser, or if the ultimate possessor is not legally able to purchase the goods or services.

In some jurisdictions, straw purchases are legal even if the end user is not legally able to purchase the good or service himself or herself.[1]
 
You are wrong, look the code up. There is not a criminal code in regard to a straw purchase in a private sale of firearms or anything else. If you believe you are correct post the code section that states so
https://www.ffl123.com/what-is-straw-purchase/
"The ATF defines a straw purchase as “Buying a gun for someone who is prohibited by law from possessing one or for someone who does not want his or her name associated with the transaction is a “straw purchase.”

That means not only is buying a gun for a prohibited person a straw purchase, but so is buying one for that friend or family member who thinks a 4473 is “registration” and “doesn’t want the government to know that they bought a gun.”
From ATF website:
The Gun Control Act (GCA), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), makes it unlawful for certain categories of persons to ship, transport, receive, or possess firearms or ammunition, to include any person:

  • convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
  • who is a fugitive from justice;

  • who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. § 802);

  • who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution;
  • who is an illegal alien;

  • who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;

  • who has renounced his or her United States citizenship;
  • who is subject to a court order restraining the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of the intimate partner; or

  • who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
I don't see anything in any of that verbiage that delieniates between a licensee or non-licensee.
 
I am not saying that an 18 year old cannot own a hand gun. He cannot buy it from an FFL and you cannot take his money and go buy it from an FFL for him. That would be a straw purchase. You can buy it as a gift. I guess technically you could take his money and buy it from an un-licensed individual but why would you need to? If it is an un-licensed individual he could by it himself.
 
The ATF defines a straw purchase as “Buying a gun for someone who is prohibited by law from possessing one or for someone who does not want his or her name associated with the transaction is a “straw purchase.”

That means not only is buying a gun for a prohibited person a straw purchase, but so is buying one for that friend or family member who thinks a 4473 is “registration” and “doesn’t want the government to know that they bought a gun.”
The Gun Control Act (GCA), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), makes it unlawful for certain categories of persons to ship, transport, receive, or possess firearms or ammunition, to include any person:

  • convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
  • who is a fugitive from justice;

  • who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. § 802);

  • who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution;
  • who is an illegal alien;

  • who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;

  • who has renounced his or her United States citizenship;
  • who is subject to a court order restraining the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of the intimate partner; or

  • who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
I don't see anything in any of that verbiage that delieniates between a licensee or non-licensee.

First off this is not a code section, 2nd it specifies a 4473. A 4473 is the form used by an FFL. Private sales don't use 4473
Please post an officle criminal code that states a straw purchase in a private sale is prohibited. You can not.
 
You are reading two different sections from two different places. The first is a quote from a legal website, the second is directly from ATF site and says nothing about a 4473 yet it clearly states: 18 USC (United States Code 18) Section 902.

Did you just completely ignore post #79?
 
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