help me understand California off the roster transfer laws please

[steam29]

so i want an hk p30sks v3 for its ambi safety and the de cocker for a first carry gun but i am not understanding the laws, so if i have an intra family probation officer purchase it he cant legally transfer it to any one not in the penal code so that is out, but if i have a friend on the force they can legally buy it and transfer it as long as no profit is made ?? i am so confused because people say they can but then the laws say the dealer wont confirm the transfer please help

[theLBC]

luckily we have experts (not me) but my understanding is that an LEO or permitted person purchasing any restricted gun for the purpose of transferring said gun to another is not allowed.
on the other hand, i have read that if they buy it for themselves, and sometime later chooses to sell it because they don't want or needed it, this may be allowed.

[P5Ret]

Are you really going to ask a friend to risk his/her job to buy you a gun? Because that is essentially what you are implying here. Doing so would be committing perjury when they fill out the 4473 saying that they are the actual buyer, if they are buying it to transfer to you. Profit has nothing to do with it, bypassing Ca law, and committing perjury on a federal document does.

[SkyHawk]

If your LEO friend buys a gun knowing he is going to transfer it to you, that is a federal felony - making a false statement on the federal form, unless he is truly buying it as a gift to you.

[edgerly779]

Any leo that does that is a brig bunny. Straw purchase.

[steam29]

thanks i didnt understand the law that i was reading, i think ill stick with my hkp2000sk