[1rudeboy]

I did, but thanks.

[CAluvdubya]

I would say it all hinged on if he declared, at the time of purchase, that he was not purchasing the gun for himself.

Appears to me he didn't and that is the grounds for the gun shop canceling the order.

[CAluvdubya]

From Breitbart News Network, link below:

Diamondback Police Supply owner Douglas MacKinlay has halted Mark Kelly's attempted purchase of an AR-15 over concerns that Kelly was not in fact buying the gun for himself, and therefore could not have passed question 11a of the NICS background check form 4473.

Breitbart News

Seems he didn't answer truthfully when filling out the form for the background check...