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A straw purchase, in legal terms, requires that the purchaser is buying a gun for a third party who would not be able to legally purchase that gun for themselves and who would not be able to successfully complete the 4473 for said purchase.

A straw purchase occurs even when the actual purchaser is not a prohibited person. The crime committed is knowingly making a false statement on the Form 4473 indicating that the straw purchaser is the actual purchaser, when this is not the case.

Hi Kevin,

There is an interesting discussion going on, on the Texas CHL forum regarding one of your managers, Scott, and a female purchaser.

In full disclosure, I am the husband of the female purchaser and just feel that we have been wronged by Cabela's and Scott. I would appreciate you looking in to this for us for loyal customer who have spent $4,500 in the last two months and average close to $10,000 in purchases a year from your store. I am sure that my wife will be sending a formal letter to Scott and your attention as well.

The Forum website, if you wish to read, is at: viewtopic.php?f=83&t=61967&start=30" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you,
Brian

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Kevin Norwood <Kevin.Norwood@cabelas.com> wrote:
Brian,

Thanks for the email. After reading what happened, it is apparent that we made a mistake in you and your wife's situation. I would hope that you understand how much pressure my team is under to protect everyones right to buy and sell guns. I can assure you we take it very seriously. We turn people away everyday that do not qualify and or try to make a straw purchase and yet still complain. In your case we got in wrong, not intentionally I assure you. If we lose our FFL license our store would close. We always err on the side of not selling if there is any doubt. Please allow me to get you another AR for your wife, it might take me a week or so but I'm sure we can make it happen. I hope you find this satisfactory and will continue to shop our store in the future. Don't hesitate to call me if you would like to discuss further, I will be back in the store tomorrow morning. Thanks again for the opportunity to correct our mistake.

Sincerely,

Kevin Norwood
Cabela's
Store Manager

gthaustex wrote:Awesome. Glad they made things right. That bumps them up another few notches in my opinion, along with them pulling sponsorship from the Eastern Outdoors show after "assault weapons" and high capacity magazines were banned there.