In my circle, guns and related gear are high on the holiday gift lists. My lovely bride is a self-styled \u201cshooter-chick\u201d and it\u2019s a rare year when a firearm isn\u2019t under the Christmas tree for one or the other or both of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buying a gun for someone else always involves the specter of an illegal \u201cstraw man purchase,\u201d which is a Federal crime that can ban those involved from ever owning guns again. Reams have been written about how to get around this. The simplest solution, between adult gift-giver and recipient: A GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM THE GUN SHOP which lets them buy their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alternative: a card that promises a trip to the gun shop with you, complete with lunch, in which you buy them the gun at the gun shop and THEY fill out the Form 4473 as original purchaser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guns are expensive. Ammo less so, even though it costs more now than in the past. My friend Jeff Chudwin, one of the world\u2019s master Officer Survival instructors, recently sent out a newsletter reminding us all that the price-gouging and unavailability of ammo has left a lot of people, including even some cops, carrying old chewed-up ammunition that\u2019s not in optimum condition for saving people\u2019s lives. Some people on the internet are carrying sub-optimal ammo \u2013 read \u201cfull metal jacket ball\u201d\u2014because they can\u2019t get the good stuff or can\u2019t afford it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dunno how the situation is in California right now, but most anyplace else, it\u2019s legal for you to give ammunition to anyone of legal age whom you know isn\u2019t a convicted felon or under a restraining order or bail requirement which forbids them to possess it. A box of ammo is pretty easy to wrap, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many a person\u2019s most memorable present was their first firearm. Mine, more than sixty years ago now, was a military surplus Colt 1911 .45 pistol, which I still own and shoot every now and then. The gift of a gun is a gift of empowerment\u2026and a gift of trust and respect for the recipient\u2019s judgment and maturity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have an experience along those lines that you\u2019d care to share here, you are invited to do so. Think of it as Christmas Spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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