How this sort of case makes it to the Supreme Court ought to be the real question.
The Supreme Court took up a new gun rights case on Wednesday, weighing whether it should be a crime for someone to buy a gun for somebody else, if both people are legally allowed to own one.
Justices on Wednesday heard from Bruce James Abramski, Jr., a former police officer who got in trouble with the law after he bought a Glock 19 handgun in Virginia — and transferred it to his uncle in Pennsylvania.
Bruce did this, it appears, because he got a discount for being a cop.
Here’s the problem — the “Yellow Form” specifically asks if the firearm is being bought by you — if you’re the actual purchaser.
But there is nothing in the law itself prohibiting someone from transferring a firearm privately provided both the seller and buyer are not prohibited persons.
