Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I want to surprise (strong emphasis on her not knowing) my wife with a glock 19 on her b-day....how can I do this legally? Thanks for any input!

If she can legally own/possess it you are allowed to give it to her as a gift.

Just go buy it and give it to her. As long as no laws would be violated by her having it in her possession its fine.

We both have CHP's lol. Thanks for the answer!

I'm telling...

If Sarah Brady can buy a rifle to give to her son, you can buy a pistol to give to your wife.

I'm in big trouble if that's illegal. Every time I buy a gun, I say "honey, I got you a present!"
Hey, she can't complain if I'm buying it for her, right?

rromeo wrote:I'm in big trouble if that's illegal. Every time I buy a gun, I say "honey, I got you a present!"
Hey, she can't complain if I'm buying it for her, right?

I do believe the law allows gifting weapons...unless of course the giftee is named Paco or Pablo or Luis or Jesus...

I think as long as it is in the household, between a husband and wife, or other adult family member, - you can buy and she can use it and vice versa. Since there is no registration in VA, it does not matter who uses/carries it. You can carry that gun on any day if you want to. I can use/carry any of my husband's gun if I want to - just have to ask him if I can take it. He can use/carry mine if he wants to, even though I never "gifted" it to him.

The "how she will carry it" question is answered by you saying you both have CHP

When you purchase the gun for YOUR own purpose, that's not a "straw purchase", even if your purpose is to give it to your wife as a gift.

Virginia2AM wrote:I think as long as it is in the household, between a husband and wife, or other adult family member, - you can buy and she can use it and vice versa. Since there is no registration in VA, it does not matter who uses/carries it. You can carry that gun on any day if you want to. I can use/carry any of my husband's gun if I want to - just have to ask him if I can take it. He can use/carry mine if he wants to, even though I never "gifted" it to him.

The "how she will carry it" question is answered by you saying you both have CHP

In VA you can buy a gun and give it to anyone also a resident of VA allowed to own a gun, does not need to be family. As long as you pay for it and give it to them as a gift.

Been a while since i was on this forum and I just read this thread. This poses an interesting question. I was in a gun store about a year go, and a guy wanted to buy two identical shotguns. One was for him, and one was for his business partner. They liked to go hunting together. He told the employee of the store that that was what he was doing, and the employee told him he could not sell the man two guns if one was for his partner.

Now, suppose I buy two guns, and a day later decide to sell one of them to my partner. There's nothing stopping me from doing that, to my knowledge, as long as I know he is allowed to possess a firearm. Now, let's assume I decide I like my partner enough to give him the gun instead of selling it to him. I still say there's nothing wrong with that either.

So, what is the point of denying me the sale for purposes of giving the other to my friend/partner/relative/etc.?

So I'm not clear on what constitutes a straw purchase. I can buy one for my wife, but not my friend? Seems pretty silly.

Inspector Callahan

Im with you,the whole thing boggles me too.if i want to buy two of anything else and give one to a friend,i can do that,but i cant buy two guns and gift one.doesnt make any sense

Kreutz, as everyone has said, a gift to family is good (as long as they are legal, and live with you in the state). I bought my wife (fiancee at the time) a rifle for Christmas 2 years ago. (Rossi Circuit Judge)

I made a straw purchase myself:

http://c.mindflayer.net/image/2E3U440M281m

There are a lot of situations that could be straw purchases. Buying the firearm as a gift for your wife is completely fine though.

If you purchase a firearm with the intent of reselling to someone else, that is a straw purchase. If you purchase and decide to sell later, it isn't. If you purchase as a gift it isn't. The reason is simple, if you buy it with the intent to resell to someone else, you are helping that person buy a firearm without them going through the background check.

There are lots of situations in which the FFL will be required to deny sales. Keep in mind the FFL will be the one facing ATF scrutiny when any questions arise. Ex: If an 18 year old comes in asking for 22LR ammo for his pistol... no sale. If he comes in asking for 22LR ammo for his rifle it's ok.