>Since Tom is a legal purchaser in his state, this is an example of a
>perfectly legal "straw man" purchase. So there is anti-gun Big Lie
>number #3, that all straw man purchases are illegal.
>
>Methinks there is an opportunity here for an OAQ ("occasionally asked
>questions", or "oak"): anti-gun Big Lies and the truth.The key to that is the definition of "purchase" versus "taking delivery". If you walk into a gun shop with your spouse, parent, sibling, friend, or child (of legal age, of course) and give the shop money for the "purchase" of a firearm but the other person with you "takes delivery" and fills out the Form 4473, and is the subject of the NICS check, nothing illegal happened. It's a straw purchase only with respect to the person who delivered the cash. That's a far cry from you delivering the cash AND completing the forms (upon which you would have to lie in this instance), getting the NICS check, and then handing the weapon over to someone else in violation of the law and the Form 4473. BIG difference. ***GRJ*** _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
