*sigh*
Working at an FFL, I know the legal recourses that owner had to stop what was obviously a "bad egg" from hatching; the fact that he punishes ALL of his customers is just stupid. He has the right to deny the sale to an individual, but extending that to ALL individuals, just because of one father who obviously has less-than-stellar intentions for the weapon, is...........*sigh*. Even though no, nothing illegal happened.
This guy is the official scapegoat for why some people dislike working with counter-monkeys at FFLs, at least in my book.