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Gun Control & RKBA

HockeyMom

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20. Wouldn't this be considered a straw purchase too?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 09:41 AM

Jun 2014

Husband takes wife to a gun show because he wants her to pick out a gun for herself. She then goes around "trying out" and decides on one. Husband has a CCW, fills out paperwork saying he is the owner, and pays for the gun. He says that he is using his information because he has a CCW and it will be processed faster than if his wife's name is used.

I said this was a straw purchase because there was an ulterior motive in using the CCW's name. Speeding up the background check process. Personally, I think if a gun is being given as gift to a family member that family member should also have to pass a background check in order to be gifted a gun.

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Supreme Court deals rare blow to gun purchases [View all] SecularMotion Jun 2014 OP

So Kennedy did the right thing for once, and Scalia and the other criminals on court randys1 Jun 2014 #1

Good for Kennedy. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2

I am assuming that is the breakdown, the article didnt say and I didnt pursue randys1 Jun 2014 #3

Not sure how you effectively enforce this. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #4

Nobody will know unless there is an incident. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #5

Didn't really answer the question blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #7

The way I see it, no firearms laws are really enforceable, if someone wants to circumnavigate them. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #8

Strange, a bunch of people blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #9

There's a difference between enforceable and getting caught. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #11

That makes no sense at all. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #12

Speeding is enforceable. It happens in public. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #13

If people are arrested, prosecuted blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #14

Sure, on a very minimal level Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #18

Nice tangent. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #19

As I recall, the purchaser bought the gun in Virginia Jenoch Jun 2014 #10

The man being prosecuted in this case for a straw purchase Jenoch Jun 2014 #6

The author gets it wrong. HALO141 Jun 2014 #15

I believe the buyer and the uncle lived in different states. Jenoch Jun 2014 #23

It would be but gejohnston Jun 2014 #24

I still don't think he did anything wrong. Jenoch Jun 2014 #25

I am not seeing how this is a "rare blow to gun purchases". ManiacJoe Jun 2014 #16

A foolish dissent by Scalia. Packerowner740 Jun 2014 #17

Wouldn't this be considered a straw purchase too? HockeyMom Jun 2014 #20

No, it is a gift under the Gun Control Act gejohnston Jun 2014 #21

A "Rare Blow"? Really? DonP Jun 2014 #22