Unless the youngster does something nefarious - in which case there would be plenty of charges other than straw purchasing - or the info is posted on a blog or something, prosecution of a parent doing the paperwork for a gun the kid is paying for is going to be virtually impossible.
Father: "I bought the gun as a gift for Junior. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!"
Son: "Dad bought me the gun as a gift. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!"
Prove otherwise.
BTW, I seem to remember a reading about a case back in the '70s (?) in which a 19 or 20 year old won election to sheriff or constable or something in some little hick community . . . IIRC, his mother had to buy him his handgun and ammo.
I pulled into the parking lot of a dealer I frequent a lot and saw BATF handcuffing two gangbanger types and putting them in a patrol car. The owner of the shop said one had attempted a straw purchase for his friend who was a convicted felon. BATF was very responsive when called by the dealer.
Of course, this was in California and their was plenty of time to coordinate the arrests during the 10 day waiting period.
Not a straw purchase, but I did witness a couple of homeboys trying to buy a "plastic, undetectable glock" at a gunstore. The salesman tried to convince them that no such pistol existed, but they wouldn't believe a word of it.
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