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Re:Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Atto... by andrew_ on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:21PM (#31915344)
>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-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.

Re:Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Atto... by technothrasher on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:33PM (#31915431)
> "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.

Re:Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Atto... by andrew_ on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:30PM (#31915790)
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.
Re:Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Atto... by throwaway81523 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @05:43AM (#31918092)
You started defining what a straw purchase was, your definition was completely wrong, and technothrasher explained your error.
Re:Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Atto... by andrew_ on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @09:24AM (#31919759)
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.