Like I said, I'm not judging. Handle the purchases how you want, it's your business not mine. Gifting and personal transactions are perfectly legal the way you're describing. But if I know a gun is definitely going to someone other than me, they should be the one to go through the process not me. One of the big talking points for gun rights is the idea of the "responsible law abiding gun owner" and if we're more or less exploiting one of the same so called "loopholes" that criminals do to get guns on the street then we are not helping the cause in terms of setting a good example. Of course, the critical thing is that we don't go and do something stupid with the guns and don't go selling/transferring the legally purchased gun to someone who shouldn't have it in the first place. in that regard, I think most gifted and privately sold guns are perfectly kosher, but like I said, doesn't set a good example in some cases.