ATF Experts needed --- transfer firearm issue

Let her get the gun in her name, give you the gun, then you find a good hiding spot for it. Duh.

How about her giving you the money and you buying it?

I would think there would be no need for a FFL transfer since no shipping is needed. Would be the same as a private sale at a gun show. Plenty of those guys come in from out of state.

just my opinion, take it for what its worth

If she gives me the money, I'd have to go to TN to purchase it as I am not a Louisiana resident.

Don't you still have to be run through a 4473 (required FFL dealer) at a gun show? Technically, the out of state seller is transferring a gun interstate in the buyer's state of residence?

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She cannot give you the gun as a gift. You will have to purchase the gun on your own.

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Thats crap. She can buy the gun in TN and give it to him as a gift. She just has to be present in TN to buy the gun. She can give it to whoever she wants and there is no paperwork needed.

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My dad, a resident of Alabama, bought me a handgun here in Louisiana.

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No he didnt. You cant purchase a handgun in La. if you arent a La. resident. He may have bought it from a private sale, meaning a used gun from somebody but he didnt buy it brand new from a gun dealer.

I'm not an "ATF expert" and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last nite, but from my understanding of federal firearms law, I'd say,

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Can she buy the gun in FL, then give it to me as a gift?

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Yes. On the other hand, there are actions that are illegal due to STATE laws, even though it's legal w/ FEDERAL. I'd say she needs to make sure what she wants to do is also legal w/ STATE laws of FL and TN. She will need to purchase the handgun in her state of residence (FL), fill out ATF form 4473 and successfully pass the instant background check. Do you have any exposure years down the road should the relationship go south????didn't give the gun to him, he stole it from me!") I don't know......could be another can of worms.....

At first I thought it might be a "straw purchase," but it's clearly a "gift purchase." This is clarified from the back of the ATF form 4473:
For purposes of this form, you are the actual buyer if you are purchasing the
firearm for yourself or otherwise acquiring the firearm for yourself (for example,
redeeming the firearm from pawn/retrieving it from consignment). You are also the
actual buyer if you are acquiring the firearm as a legitimate gift for a third party.
ACTUAL BUYER EXAMPLES: Mr. Smith asks Mr. Jones to purchase a firearm for
Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith gives Mr. Jones the money for the firearm. Mr. Jones is NOT
the actual buyer of the firearm and must answer “no “ to question 12a. The
licensee may not transfer the firearm to Mr. Jones. However, if Mr. Brown goes to
buy a firearm with his own money to give to Mr. Black as a present, Mr. Brown is
the actual buyer of the firearm and should answer “yes” to question 12a.

I don't care what kind of purchase it was. I was just letting the OP know my experience aside froom laws. Like I said in my original post, 3 different police departments, 1 from Tennesse and 2 from Louisiana, never questioned my ownership of the gun. For the court case, my gun was evidence and I had to give a written statement that it was my gun and that it was stolen from me in Louisiana. The guy got 10.5 yrs for drugs and firearm possession.

You made it sound as if I was lieing. All I did was tell my story.