
If someone reimburses an out of state family member for a firearm, it is seen as an out of state PURCHASE and the roster would apply. Sorry, I don't have time to explain this in detail right now but, a straw purchase is anytime an agent purchases something for another person that the person can not legally purchase on his/her own or doesn't want a paper trail connected to him/her. It simply has to be infrequent, generally meaning 5 times or fewer per year. It specifically allows the sale of firearms between family members. Sale, loan, or transfer complies with the requirements of that (commencing with Section 27850) of Chapter 4 of Division 6, if the The provisions of Section 27545 pursuant to any applicable exemptionĬontained in Article 2 (commencing with Section 27600) or Article 6 (b) The sale, loan, or transfer of any firearm that is exempt from Here is the relevant portion of the law, taken from the Calguns wiki: The DOJ doesn't get to just make things up, no matter how much they would like to. And remember, if there is nothing written in the law preventing reimbursing family members, then there is nothing in the law. But the intrafamilial transfer exemption seemed like it was pretty loose. If I am missing something here, then please correct me. And I have not found anything on intrafamilial transfers that would limit reimbursing or buying the gun from a direct family member.

A transfer done through an FFL between family members would not be considered to be a straw purchase because the transfer is done through an FFL. A straw purchase is when one party buys a fire arm to give to another party without a legal transfer.

I don't know if your definition of "straw purchase" is correct here. That would be a cut and dry "straw purchase". Also, it can't be something you have them buy for you and you reimburse them for it. Yes, it still has to be sent to a CA FFL and transfered to you. Out of state intrafamiliar transfer = A parent, grandparent, child, grandchild who lives out of state and GIVES you the gun as a gift.
