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The Annoyed Man wrote:JALLEN, you should be good to go. Really, all you are doing is acting as a broker for the owner. You're not selling it, she is. You're merely handling the transaction for her, as her representative.

That's the problem with straw purchasers, isn't it?

It's a perfectly legitimate arrangement when dealing with just about any property, but sometimes the rules unexpectedly get goofy when it is a gun.

thunderarms wrote:I am assuming that you are not a dealer...with that said a straw purchase is only if you believe that the person you are selling to is not legally allowed to buy the gun. Other than that you should be good. You might ask yourself why your friend is asking you to sell it rather than do it themselves.

I've known this woman for 35 years, was friends with her first husband and friendly with her second husband. She knows nothing what ever about guns, doesn't know what kind of gun this is, caliber, capacity, where to load it, or anything. She knows I do know something about these things and asked me for assistance.

I don't mind doing this, but want to be confident I am not breaking the law, after 7 decades of responsible, law-abiding, mostly sober living. While I was a lawyer and not inexperienced in reading statutes and rules, I sometimes am surprised how these can be interpreted and enforced where I have little experience. I hate surprises.

You are asked by a close friend to sell a firearm which belonged to her deceased father. It is an old .22LR rifle, nothing remarkable, not a collectible, etc.

I'm somewhat familiar with straw purchaser prohibitions. Is there any problem being a "straw seller?"