Yeah. I used to sell guns and we denied people for all kinds of stuff like this.

My favorite part had to do with addresses. Certain people in my state (e.g. police officers) are allowed to have their address on their license be different from their actual home address (e.g.courthouse address).

But the ATF doesn't care about state laws. If the address on your license isn't your home address, you can't buy a gun.

Other common reasons we denied sales:

1. You have the same name as someone else who is a felon, so the NICS check gets flagged as a DELAY that takes 45 days to come back, but the 4473 is only good for 30 days, so you have to fill out a new one and get a new NICS check that takes 45 days to come back, but that second 4473 has expired... There's actually a federal exception allowing transfers on delays after 3 days, but many states and businesses prohibit it. It happened with one of our gun salesmen who was legally allowed to handle, own, and sell firearms, but not purchase one.

2. We see that your license is expired, so your wife decides to buy it as a gift (which is legal), but - since she's trying to buy for you because you can't - it would actually be a straw purchase.

3. You misunderstood one of the questions on the 4473 and checked "no" instead of N/A.

This ALL DAY. Even the states with the loosest laws have about that many conditions.