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Transferring firearms as a gift
Texas Hunter
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Just curious about this.
I was thinking of buying a .243 for my brother for Christmas.
When you are filling out the transfer form there's the question on it if the firearm is for you or some such.
So if you put no to the question because you are purchasing it as a gift for someone that can legally own it will this cause a major delay in taking possesion of the rifle??
Just wanting to make sure everything is legit even in gun friendly Texas.
Red tape never seems to end does it.
I was thinking of buying a .243 for my brother for Christmas.
When you are filling out the transfer form there's the question on it if the firearm is for you or some such.
So if you put no to the question because you are purchasing it as a gift for someone that can legally own it will this cause a major delay in taking possesion of the rifle??
Just wanting to make sure everything is legit even in gun friendly Texas.
Red tape never seems to end does it.
Comments
"Where a person purchases a firearm with the intent of making a gift of the firearm to another person, the person making the purchase is indeed the true purchaser. There is no straw purchaser in these instances. In the above example, if Mr. Jones had bought a firearm with his own money to give to Mr. Smith as a birthday present, Mr. Jones could lawfully have completed Form 4473."
Neal
And thank you nmyers for showing the ATF regulation on this.
Like i said i live in gun friendly Texas but today one can never be too sure any more.
Someone mentioned to me that what i was going to do could be construed as a straw purchase.
This is why i asked the question.
Nice to have the straight facts.