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While a straw purchase is quite possible, there are other possibilities, such as, the "gifter" not knowing they gave a gift (aka stolen from family), or an actual gift of a firearm they already had for some time. Remember its only a strawman purchase if its bought in order to give it to someone else. Guns that a family member or friend has had for years (legal or otherwise) given to the criminal would not be a straw purchase.
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Or even a convicted felon who actually stole a firearm is smart enough not to confess to Justice that, in addition to his other crimes, he also stole a gun.