A straw purchase occurs when someone purchases a gun legally on behalf of another who is prohibited from making the purchase themselves.. The news conference comes about two months after the U.S ...

NORRISTOWN — A Norristown man who claimed his conduct was fueled by a drug addiction is on his way to jail for participating ...

There's a push at the Minnesota State Capitol to increase penalties on straw gun ... Her bill would make gun straw purchases a felony instead of a ... or automatic state,” Rep. Berg explained.

However, most cases of straw purchases end up in federal court. Since 2014, there have been nine cases brought under the state statute, with just one of them — a 2017 Crow Wing County case ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) held a news conference on Tuesday morning to announce the launch of an anti-gun trafficking campaign.

“On a straw purchase, someone is going in there, buying the firearm for somebody else and lying on the form that it is in fact for them when it really wasn’t,” explained Alcohol, Tobacco ...

Terrence Barker, 21, of Philadelphia, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to a 9- to 18-year sentence for participating in a multi-county gun trafficking network that illegally obtained and so… ...

Davis added the store is always looking out for “straw purchases,” where someone who may not be able to or does not want their name associated with the gun purchase, has a proxy buyer do it ...

COURTHOUSE >> Acknowledging the seriousness of so-called “straw purchases,” a judge accepted a plea agreement that sent an Amity Township man to state prison for illegally transfe… ...

A Chicago woman is charged with lying on an ATF form at the Lake County Gun Show in December in an effort to purchase firearms for an acquaintance. Brianna M. Smith is charged with false statement … ...

A quick guide to the debate over gun legislation in the United States. By The New York Times As the number of mass shootings in America continues to rise, gun control — a term used to describe a ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) held a news conference on Tuesday morning to announce the launch of an anti-gun trafficking campaign.