Saw almost the same thing years ago=Pre camera times.I was in a store when a young woman walked in, about mid-20's. It became obvious to even me she was making a straw purchase. They refused. I asked how they were certain. They have parking lot cameras and keep an eye on the lot. The dude that drove her there was waiting in the vehicle for her. One of the staff had seen him hand her cash and he was obviously older, definitely not mid-20s, likely in his mid-30's. They told me their radar goes up when anyone comes in with a wad of crumpled 10's and 20's to buy a pistol, even when the other things they had seen don't occur. The money transfer in the vehicle was the clinched it as a no-go, before she got through the door but they played it out for a while at the counter.
Young Gal comes into a store that I was "Window Shopping" in-Hand full of cash-says She wants 2 Ruger P-85's and something else (I don't remember what?), and pushes the pile of $$ towards the Counter Person.
The Counter Person pulls a P-85 from the display case to show Her, She says "Yeah, Whatever", and tells them that She wants 2 and the other handgun too.
The Counter Person could have showed Her a Star Wars Action Figure and She would not have known the difference.
The Counter Person had Her fill out the 4477(s), totaled up the purchase + tax and found out the buyer was $20.00 some $'s short==The Gal said just a minute-out the door She went to the parking lot-and back in with the $$.
I never thought that Dealer would have done that-BUT-times was tuff at that time for the Business.
That's the first time that I had ever witnessed a Straw Purchase??.
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