Last time for those ignorant of what a straw purchase is;
A straw purchase is when a a person who may not buy a firearm gets a legally eligible buyer to purchase said firearm for him. Read:
Cite as U.S. v. Dollar, 25 F.Supp.2d 1320 (N.D.Ala. 1998)
United States of America, Plaintiff,
v.
William O. Dollar and Connie Jean Dollar, Defendants.
No. CR-97-C-0138-S
United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.
Oct. 9, 1998.
Here's the pertinent part:
II. THE DEFINITION OF "STRAW PURCHASES"
At the heart of the Government's case is the theory that the
defendants and others conspired to conceal "straw purchases" of
firearms for the purpose of allaying the anticipated suspicion of
the ATF that the co-conspirators were engaged in the illegal resale
of the firearms. Central to the case is the legal definition of
"straw purchases."
The term "straw purchase" is not defined in either the United
States Code or the Code of Federal Regulations. It is in fact a
judicially created doctrine, a construction of one of the
provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. section
922(a)(6). [footnote 3] See United States v. Moore, 84 F.3d 1567,
1573 (9th Cir. 1996).
One purpose of the Act is to "keep firearms away from the
persons Congress classified as potentially irresponsible and
dangerous." Barrett v. United States, 423 U.S. 212, 218, 96 S.Ct.
498, 502, 46 L.Ed.2d 450 (1976). Prohibiting sham or "strawman"
purchases serves this purpose. This
*1323 occurs when a lawful
purchaser buys for an unlawful one. [A] dealer who sells a gun
knowing, or with reason to know, it is for an unlawful possessor,
violates the Act. Perri v. Department of the Treasury, 637 F.2d
1332 (9th Cir. 1981).
You can read the whole thing at:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/us_v_dollar.txt