Ever purchase a firearm "for the wife" though it really wasn't?

[Snowdog]

I recently purchased a Taurus Spectrum because of the colors... and that my wife might like it.
Then I purchased some "Tiffany Blue" powder coat, that the wife might like to use with her new gun.

Then I purchase a pistol for myself since it's my turn to have a new pistol (a Sarsilmaz SAR 9).

The thing is, I haven't told my wife about the Spectrum and might never.  

Is this weird?

[Fly320s]

No, never have.   

My wife picked one of my guns to keep as hers after she shot it a few times.  I think she would be disappointed if I bought her a "girl's gun."

[dogmush]

You've bought yourself a powerful ugly handgun there.

[Hawkmoon]

Is this weird?

Since you asked: Yes.

[MechAg94]

I guess I fail to understand the colored ammo.  Is that suppose to match the target it hits? 

[Doggy Daddy]

I'm a bit confused by the teal ammo, but I like the composition and wouldn't mind owning the pistol at all.  It looks pleasingly unconventional.

[Snowdog]

You've bought yourself a powerful ugly handgun there.

"Powerful ugly", I like that.  It's very Firefly-esque, like someone Mal might say.  I'm stealing it.   

[Fly320s]

Does the ammo come teal powder-coated or did you do that?

[zahc]

You actually can't give it to her, because that might be a straw purchase.

[Regolith]

You actually can't give it to her, because that might be a straw purchase.

Eh?

Unless he lives in a weird state, gifts usually don't count as straw purchases. He might need to do the transfer through an FFL if he lives in a state with universal background checks, though I think even most of those states don't require them for transfers between family members...

[Hawkmoon]

You actually can't give it to her, because that might be a straw purchase.

Only if she gave him the money to purchase it, and/or if she is prohibited from purchasing a firearm herself.

[dogmush]

"Powerful ugly", I like that.  It's very Firefly-esque, like someone Mal might say.  I'm stealing it.   

I can't claim the credit. It's from the opening scene of episode 6. :D

https://youtu.be/jEqt0mWviwg

[Snowdog]

So it was from Firefly!  That's awesome.


As for the straw purchase, I'm not worried about in the least.  We live at the same address (and married, of course) and her record is as clean as mine.  
She has access to all my firearms anyway. Fortunately, she doesn't take inventory and is oblivious to any new ones.

Of course, the same can be said about me and her purses/handbags/shoes.

[RoadKingLarry]

So it was from Firefly!  That's awesome.


As for the straw purchase, I'm not worried about in the least.  We live at the same address (and married, of course) and her record is as clean as mine.  
She has access to all my firearms anyway. Fortunately, she doesn't take inventory and is oblivious to any new ones.

Of course, the same can be said about me and her purses/handbags/shoes.

A great fear of mine is that were I to pass before she does that she might sell them for what I told her I paid for them  *

I keep several copies of an inventory sheet with make, model and serial# in various locations.
2 copies have the approximate "retail" value at the date of printing, I update it from time to time, usually when I add a new gun to the inventory.


*actually, neither of us will spend that kind of money spend that kind of money on "toys" without at least mentioning it to the other.

[Snowdog]

I keep several copies of an inventory sheet with make, model and serial# in various locations.

I have such a thing on several USB devices in an Excel spreadsheet (except for the estimated values, which I admit is a good idea).  On those devices, including the one on my keychain, I keep photos of each one along with a picture of the serial number. The image description also has the serial number included. 

However, I keep them for identification in case of theft; my wife doesn't know about them.   I'll have to figure a plan to make that available to her (with approximate values) if something were to happen to me... but perhaps not before. 

[RoadKingLarry]

I keep a copy with estimated value in the safe, so far as I know she has never opened it on her own though I did get here to show the ability.

[lupinus]

Yes and no. I've bought a gun for the , now ex, wife before. Even painted the stock a nice color for her and what not since her favorite color was red.

Ended up being my gun anyway as she liked it but her interest quickly waned.

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[BlueStarLizzard]

I'd probably shoot you if you bought me a Taurus...

And as far as gifts go, Dad and I went through this when he bought me the XDS for Christmas. I knew about it when he ordered it because A.) when he's excited about buying a gun, he can't keep his mouth shut and B.) he didn't know if I needed to go down, get a background check and pick it up.
Turns out you can buy someone a gun and just give it to them, but if you buy someone a gun and they go get it, even with a background check, it's a straw purchase somehow. Even our FFL, who had to explain it to Dad, couldn't make heads or tails about how this is logical, but that's the way it works.

[MillCreek]

For a couple of years now, we have had the universal background check in Washington state.  I see that gifting or loaning a firearm between spouses does not require a background check.  https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.113