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If you buy it (cash and carry), and give it to the receipient, it could be looked at as a "strawman" purchase. Technically, you can buy the firearm as a gift for somebody, but the gift receiver must actually pick-up the firerm themself, and do the papers in their name, and carry it out themself.
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The person being given the gift does NOT have to pick up the gun themselves and do the papers in their name. The person giving the goft fills out the paperwork. This is plainly stated throughout the law.
The person giving the gift fills out the paperwork and then gives the gift. The person receiving the gift just has to say "Thank you!"
To clarify some inaccuracies in the above text:
General Information, section 16, "Straw Purchases", last paragraph of section.
"Where a person purchases a firearm with the intent of making a gift of the firearm to another person, the person making the purchase is indeed the true purchaser. There is no straw purchaser in these instances. In the above example, if Mr. Jones had bought a firearm with his own money to give to Mr. Smith as a birthday present, Mr. Jones could lawfully have completed Form 4473. The use of gift certificates would also not fall within the category of straw purchases. The person redeeming the gift certificate would be the actual purchaser of the firearm and would be properly reflected as such in the dealer's records."