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The straw purchase provision was originally meant to stop someone who can't legally buy a firearm from getting a 3rd person to do it for them.
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Regardless of what was "meant" when the law was written, it doesn't matter whether or not the recipient is prohibited or not, if you buy a gun for someone else it's a straw purchase.
http://www.atf.gov/publications/down...f-p-5300-4.pdf
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In some instances, a straw purchaser is used because the actual purchaser is prohibited from acquiring the firearm. That is to say, the actual purchaser is a felon or is within one of the other prohibited categories of persons who may not lawfully acquire firearms or is a resident of a State other than that in which the licensee's business premises is located. Because of his or her disability, the person uses a straw purchaser who is not prohibited from purchasing a firearm from the licensee. In other instances, neither the straw purchaser nor the actual purchaser is prohibited from acquiring the firearm.
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Plus paying shipping and FFL fees so the middleman can remove a magazine seems inefficient. I'd ask the distributor to do it, if the rifle is indeed legal in NJ, they will have done it before. I'd make
100% sure it's legal before you start the ball rolling.