[thackney]

No.

Along with identifying information, the 4473 asks if a person purchasing a firearm is buying it for themselves. If they answer “No,” the transaction cannot go forward. There is an explanation on the back that says a person purchasing a firearm as a gift for someone else is the “actual buyer,” but that someone who is purchasing a gun for someone else, at that person’s request, and using that person’s money, must answer “No” to the question.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/supreme-court-tightens-definition-straw-purchase

[Flycatcher]

Thanks.

[Carriage Hill]

Here in PA, as with many states, I can purchase a (non-NFA) long gun, privately, without ATF4473, and gift it to someone else, without it being a ‘straw purchase’, as long as a Bill of Sale accompanies the transaction.