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>Straw purchases... when someone else purchases a gun for you. Illegal in every state, and federally. Nuance is required. In Florida, for example, it's legal f

>Straw purchases... when someone else purchases a gun for you. Illegal in every state, and federally. Nuance is required. In Florida, for example, it's legal for person to person private sale of firearms. There are restrictions that you're legally obligated to follow. Pulled this quick list from a search; https://www.pumphreylawfirm.com/blog/can-i-sell-a-gun-privately-in-florida/ https://www.pumphreylawfirm.com/blog/can-i-sell-a-gun-privat.... "Straw purchases" then means there has to be intent to provide it to someone free of charge (hard to prove) in addition to providing the firearm to someone for which it is illegal for them to own one. Otherwise it's merely a private sale.

technothrasher 4y ago
> "Straw purchases" then means there has to be intent to provide it to someone free of charge This isn't a very good definition of a straw purchase. Buying a gun as a gift for someone is legal (federally, at least) and usually not considered a straw purchase. It's a straw purchase if you aren't the actual buyer, but are acting as an agent for somebody else, whether or not they could have bought the gun themselves legally, and whether or not money changes hands. It is, of course, up to the prosecution to prove you were acting as an agent rather than gifting, or buying for yourself and then later deciding to resell.
- andrew_ 4y ago
  Why did you snip "in addition to..." from the quote and argue to the least important and hardest to prove part? The meat is in the rest of the sentence.
  - throwaway81523 4y ago
    You started defining what a straw purchase was, your definition was completely wrong, and technothrasher explained your error.
    - andrew_ 4y ago
      That's incorrect. The statement was only true under both conditions. The user chose to chop one half off to argue the whole. If you have citable evidence to the contrary, please provide. The link I provided cited actual Florida and Federal law.

technothrasher 4y ago

> "Straw purchases" then means there has to be intent to provide it to someone free of charge This isn't a very good definition of a straw purchase. Buying a gun as a gift for someone is legal (federally, at least) and usually not considered a straw purchase. It's a straw purchase if you aren't the actual buyer, but are acting as an agent for somebody else, whether or not they could have bought the gun themselves legally, and whether or not money changes hands. It is, of course, up to the prosecution to prove you were acting as an agent rather than gifting, or buying for yourself and then later deciding to resell.

andrew_ 4y ago
Why did you snip "in addition to..." from the quote and argue to the least important and hardest to prove part? The meat is in the rest of the sentence.
- throwaway81523 4y ago
  You started defining what a straw purchase was, your definition was completely wrong, and technothrasher explained your error.
  - andrew_ 4y ago
    That's incorrect. The statement was only true under both conditions. The user chose to chop one half off to argue the whole. If you have citable evidence to the contrary, please provide. The link I provided cited actual Florida and Federal law.