I was always told that to purchase a gun for a family member was ok. You bought it as a gift, so you were the person you were buying the gun for. Not sure why it should be different if you buy the gun to resell, especially if using FFL's to transfer at each point in the transaction. I could buy the gun, and decide I wanted to go in a different route, and then sell it. No problem. But if someone asks me to get one from the store (I do the FFL) and I transfer it to them (They do the FFL), then it should not be a problem. I know the problem they are trying to stop is for me to buy a gun and transfer it to someone else without doing a transfer. Remember, in state, you can mail a gun to a private person without a transfer, so technically, I could buy a gun and mail it to a private individual without a transfer taking place. This is the problem that they are trying to solve I think. There should not be a problem with a transfer in the way this OP posted the situation, but I understand that there has been precedent set that it is not legal.
