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.