When buying a gun, what are the correct "answers" when being questioned?

Says Kielma, a good FFL asks the basic questions, especially when a gun is transferred in. Here are the five simple questions I ask. It will save both of us time and money. Note: if you purchase a firearm online and answer yes to the first three questions below, you can’t have the firearm, period. If you answer yes to all questions but one, on the 4473 above and beyond what’s below, you can’t have the firearm, period. My suggestion is to check the laws in your state before purchasing and transferring a gun.

1. Are you a convicted felon?

2. Do you have any domestic violence charges you are guilty of?

3. Do you have a medical Marijuana card?

4. Do you have a CCW

5. Do you have a valid driver’s license.

Honesty is the best policy. If the guys at the counter ask why you want the gun (not in the sense you shouldn’t have one, but what kind of shooting you’ll do) tell them. Targets? Self-defense? They need to know what you intend to use the firearm for to better guide your purchase. 

The US federal government, as mentioned above, the 4473. This must be filled out properly and honestly. Answer the questions truthfully. Hunter Biden got found guilty of lying on his 4473. Don’t be the next one.

If you’re not allowed to have a gun, it is likely NICS will reveal it anyway. Lying on the 4473 is a bad idea. You multiply it with a lie. Then the fun starts for you. Be ready for a knock from the federal government, you guessed it the ATF. 

The ATF doesn’t play around, if convicted you will be come a convicted felon and spend time in jail.

As far as the “correct” answers? “Yes” the gun is for me “No” to everything else until it comes to where you were born, etc. If the gun is ultimately being bought with your money (and a gift is paid for with your money) then the first answer is “yes” it’s for you. A gift is not a straw purchase. If someone gives you money to buy it for them, then it is a straw purchase and is illegal. Any of the other questions are exclusions - a “yes” answer there disqualifies you on the spot.