Anyone know weather is legal in NJ to purchase a handgun for my father as a birthday present? I'm aware I'd have to get the handgun permit first and he does have his FID card. Would I have to buy it, then wait for him to get a new pistol permit, then have if transfered?

Would I have to buy it, then wait for him to get a new pistol permit, then have if transfered?

 

Exactly. The fact that it's a gift is not relevant, you're buying it and then selling it like normal.

Does it need to be a surprise? Have him get the permit, then just pay for it. If you want it to be a surprise then you both need to get permits and transfer it to him. That kind of sucks because your paying for 2 background checks.

Just buy it for him and let him get the permit and pick it up.

Anyone know weather is legal in NJ to purchase a handgun for my father as a birthday present? I'm aware I'd have to get the handgun permit first and he does have his FID card. Would I have to buy it, then wait for him to get a new pistol permit, then have if transfered?

 

Although it's probably done often for family members, technically if you are buying a hand gun for someone else, it's a "straw purchase", and is illegal. There is even a question on the forms covering whether or not the hand gun "is for your use". If you answer "NO", the retailer is supposed to kill the sale right then and there!

 

So do as others have suggested and just pay for it (and if you want to be real technical, leave a dollar ballance that Dad has to pay for), and when his HG Permit shows-up, he picks-up his "gift".

 

WAY back in the Old Days, my Dad bought a revolver from a FFL, and I bought the same (now used gun) on the same day at the same time in the same store from my Dad. The store owner merely stapled the two forms of register (permits) together and forwarded them to West Trenton together. Back in '77 I was 18 years old and approved for a hand gun, but you had to be 21 to buy from a FFL. Sales across a kitchen table to 18 year olds were legal back then, as long as the seller was a private individual and NOT a FFL.

If you were 18 in 1977 and it is now 2012, that makes you................................ OLD!

 

Darn, but you can still outshoot me.

My buddy gave his dad a amex gift certificate for the price of the gun and let his father buy it. No need to burn an extra permit

I bought Pete his CZ for Christmas. Just gave him the money . Definitely not breaking any weird or crazy laws that way. Just cut out a picture of the pistol , make a neat gift out the card with the $$ in it.

Although it's probably done often for family members, technically if you are buying a hand gun for someone else, it's a "straw purchase", and is illegal. There is even a question on the forms covering whether or not the hand gun "is for your use". If you answer "NO", the retailer is supposed to kill the sale right then and there!

 

I disagree. A straw purchase would be you circumventing the purchasing regulations on someone's behalf, i.e. if he then turned around and transferred it under the table without a P2P, etc. The OP is making a purchase with intent to legally transfer later on. Absolutely not a straw purchase.

Not a straw purchase, but would need a dealer's license if resold. Firearms as gifts are Federally legal. If another NJ permit was used for the gift, I see no problem.

Not a straw purchase, but would need a dealer's license if resold. Firearms as gifts are Federally legal. If another NJ permit was used for the gift, I see no problem.

 

Thanx. Yea, It's not like I'm buying a handgun then selling it to someone else.