While looking for some speed loaders at a local gun shop, and pondering whether to purchase a S&W Model 40, I saw the following take place:
A man, with his "significant other" alongside, asks to check out a S&W M&P, in .40S&W. He works the slide, pulls the trigger, and says "Thank you", to the clerk.
In the next half-minute, the man's "significant other", steps over to his spot, and announces to the clerk, that she wants to buy the M&P, that the guy just handled.
She produces her CPL (needed in Michigan for an instant purchase), and her driver's license. The clerk asks the woman if the S&W is for her, and she replies, "Yes". The 4473 is completed, and the money changes hands.
I realize that the clerk was probably on firm-enough legal grounds by asking the woman her intentions, but it left me with a doubt.
From appearances, the man couldn't buy the gun that day, and it seemed to be suspiciously like a straw purchase, in my eyes.
Now, the question: If you were the clerk, would you have sold the woman the gun?
A man, with his "significant other" alongside, asks to check out a S&W M&P, in .40S&W. He works the slide, pulls the trigger, and says "Thank you", to the clerk.
In the next half-minute, the man's "significant other", steps over to his spot, and announces to the clerk, that she wants to buy the M&P, that the guy just handled.
She produces her CPL (needed in Michigan for an instant purchase), and her driver's license. The clerk asks the woman if the S&W is for her, and she replies, "Yes". The 4473 is completed, and the money changes hands.
I realize that the clerk was probably on firm-enough legal grounds by asking the woman her intentions, but it left me with a doubt.
From appearances, the man couldn't buy the gun that day, and it seemed to be suspiciously like a straw purchase, in my eyes.
Now, the question: If you were the clerk, would you have sold the woman the gun?