Straw Purchases

[JaySmith]

I bought 2 guns. Little ccw guns. I mentioned to my FFL that i was trying to teach my wife to shoot. He said that I can't let her ccw my gun without risking legal trouble, and the gun should be transfered to her and not me if she was going to ccw it. I assured him that was not the case, i just want 2 guns, but I thought it would be a good one for her to practice on.

My wife has fired a gun exactly once, and will be a liability in any situation, but she has her ccw to carry guns for me.

[Emptymag]

I bought 2 guns. Little ccw guns. I mentioned to my FFL that i was trying to teach my wife to shoot. He said that I can't let her ccw my gun without risking legal trouble, and the gun should be transfered to her and not me if she was going to ccw it. I assured him that was not the case, i just want 2 guns, but I thought it would be a good one for her to practice on.

My wife has fired a gun exactly once, and will be a liability in any situation, but she has her ccw to carry guns for me.

Another shining example of why you never get legal advice about guns from cops or gun shops.

[Tommy T]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. As one gentleman said, if I buy him the gun for Christmas, I wanted it to be a surprise.

Tommy

[Walleye Hunter]

But a pistola still has to be transferred, right?

[Curmudgeon]

But a pistola still has to be transferred, right?

Not always, per the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. It depends.

Without looking it up, quoting it, and linking to a source...

An FFL transfer is not required for transfers between grandparent and grandchild,
between parent and child, between spouses, both must be Pennsylvania residents,
and the recipient cannot be known to be prohibited by the transferer.
I believe the transfer must also be a gift.

IANAL and this is from memory.

[bogey1]

But a pistola still has to be transferred, right?

Not if it's going from father to son/daughter or grand kid. If not mistaken.

[Curmudgeon]

Not if it's going from father to son/daughter or grand kid. If not mistaken.

See post #25.

EDIT, Ok, I looked it up...

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs...n=11&subsctn=0

[JoshIronshaft]

Too many people go into gun stores and feel the need to tell the FFL their life story and why they're buying the gun.

[Curmudgeon]

Too many people go into gun stores and feel the need to tell the FFL their life story and why they're buying the gun.

Too many people don't understand that a form must be filled out, and that
form asks questions. The answers carry legal consequences, and some questions
might even be considered "personal".
YMMV

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

Another shining example of why you never get legal advice about guns from cops or gun shops.

Agreed !