Straw purchase
So I just passed my FSC test yesterday and wanted to buy same gun that my older brother owns. All the paperwork was filled and at the checkout my brother offered to pay and that flagged the transaction as straw purchase even though that clearly was not our intention.
It was at Sportsman warehouse. It was an honest mistake since my brother often pays for me and it was more like force of habit. We tried explaining the same to the employee that refused to listen to anything and said he will have to cancel the request for background check and log the transaction in their system. We tried to explain how my brother already owns the same gun, how we share same bank accounts and that intentionally making a straw purchase would make no sense at all.
The employee said the ban will be on internal level of chain and will not affect my ability to buy from other licensed dealers in State of California. He advised us to talk to the manager in the morning.
My question is what are the chances that the manager will help us get the ban lifted and also my brother and I share same last name and address, would this ban affect him too at Sportsman warehouse too?
I know it was a stupid mistake but it was something neither of us were aware. Has anyone faced similar situation?