ever been in a gun store and have a salesman refuse to sell a gun to an individual?

[jcountry]

I am glad they didn't sell.

I would bet that "crazy" guy was working for Bloomberg or some other anti-gun group and probably filming the whole thing with some kind of hidden cam. (And I bet that CNN and MSNBC would be rolling that footage 24/7.... Course he could have been genuinely unstable. Either way, it is good that no sale was made.)

Good job!

*I have seen a dealer or two refuse to sell to some "thug life" idiots. Most dealers ain't stupid.

 

[GeauxLSU]

No, a straw purchase is buying a firearm on someone's behalf.
AFT - It is a serious crime to buy a firearm for a prohibited person or for someone who does not otherwise want his or her name associated with the transaction.
It is not just buying a gun for a felon. It is buying a firearm, not as a gift but because someone asked you too.

Where does the law state that?

Title 18 USC 922(d)[TABLE="class: post-message"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 1%"][/TD]
[TD="width: 99%"](d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise
dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or
having reasonable cause to believe that such person -
(1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court
of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one
year;
(2) is a fugitive from justice;
(3) is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled
substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 802));
(4) has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been
committed to any mental institution;
(5) who, being an alien -
(A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or
(B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been
admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as
that term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));

(6) who (!2) has been discharged from the Armed Forces under
dishonorable conditions;

(7) who, having been a citizen of the United States, has
renounced his citizenship;
(8) is subject to a court order that restrains such person from
harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such
person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging
in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in
reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, except
that this paragraph shall only apply to a court order that -
(A) was issued after a hearing of which such person received
actual notice, and at which such person had the opportunity to
participate; and
(B)(i) includes a finding that such person represents a
credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner
or child; or
(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate
partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause
bodily injury; or

(9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of
domestic violence.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Laxguy59]

No, a straw purchase is buying a firearm on someone's behalf.
AFT - It is a serious crime to buy a firearm for a prohibited person or for someone who does not otherwise want his or her name associated with the transaction.
It is not just buying a gun for a felon. It is buying a firearm, not as a gift but because someone asked you too.

There is current federal litigation that will hopefully define this for us, but it is not decided yet.

 

[chucklenut]

No, a straw purchase is buying a firearm on someone's behalf.
AFT - It is a serious crime to buy a firearm for a prohibited person or for someone who does not otherwise want his or her name associated with the transaction.
It is not just buying a gun for a felon. It is buying a firearm, not as a gift but because someone asked you too.

huh? i thought if no exchange of money occurred then it would be fine

a gift is a gift, regardless of whether someone asked you for it or not

i could be wrong but thats how i understood it

 

[Laxguy59]

Bruce J. Abramski v. United States

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/abramski-v-united-states/

 

[Djdawg]

He might be on ODT looking for one right now. Scary!

This^^^

 

[cobbgold]

I've taken guns right out of a customers hands and told them to move on....I'm not bashful.

 

[kyle126]

They are legally allowed to refuse service to any customer.

 

[chucklenut]

I've taken guns right out of a customers hands and told them to move on....I'm not bashful.

they they arent a customer though

 

[kyle126]

If you purchase the rifle for yourself and decide to sell it to someone else that is legal (with a bill of sale). If you buy the gun for someone because they asked you to then it is a crime.