An example is that current law says you must be at least 21 to buy a handgun or handgun ammunition, but you can own a handgun if you are under 21
So if you can’t legally buy one, but someone buys one for you and gives it to you, isn’t that essentially a ‘straw purchase’?
Otherwise how can you OWN one without buying it?
Otherwise how can you OWN one without buying it?
A stated exception to the straw purchase (which isn't even a law, go look it up. The actual offense is lying on the 4473) is a bona fide gift. As long as the recipient is between 18 and 21, the gift is legal, and the recipient can possess the firearm. If the recipient is under 18, he or she cannot legally possess a handgun except under the direct supervision of an adult parent or guardian.
Persons between 18 and 21 also cannot purchase handgun ammunition, so mom or dad has to buy the ammo as well.