I am a gunsmith, FFL holder and gunstore owner. The store did EXACTLY what the BATFE instructs us to do. In any case that there is ANY doubt or the slightest possibility that it is a straw purchase then we are to err on the side of caution and NOT complete the sale. Period.
Your opinion is exactly that, and uninformed.
That I didnt know. But it makes sense. If it looks like it is going to blow up on your later, a person would be a idiot to sell a gun if it even has the slightest risk of going south.
CORRECT
ANY recording NOT including the entire conversation and not with cognizance of both parties is ultimately self-serving for the party doing the recording..
If it is true that even the slightest inkling that this person might not be buying the weapon for himself, but for another, the gunstore SHOULD have cancelled the sale, period.
In my opinion, this was a setup. For whatever reason, this couple was out to complete a straw purchase and then had to rely on the backup racism charge - a charge they had cemented by the mere fact of whoever wanted to ‘out’ the store had planned for by enlisting black straw purchasers.
Long story short - screw that couple. They can take it up with Holder and the ATF.