Keeping guns out of the hands of prohibited people is the subject of a federal campaign against "straw" firearm purchases ...

Weapons bought through straw purchases sometimes end up in the hands of convicted felons, or minors. A federal report released in February 2023 showed that 54% of guns that police recovered at ...

making it a federal crime to traffic in firearms and stiffening penalties for “straw purchases” made on behalf of people who aren’t allowed to own guns. Since then, new data from federal ...

In 2022, a new federal law made the act of illicitly buying guns for someone else a crime called a straw purchase. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has identified straw ...

Under Fire: Glock switches on Columbus streets: Here's how the tiny devices pose an outsized threat However, one method for getting a gun — the act of a straw purchase — could be how some are ...

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There are growing concerns among area law enforcement about so-called straw gun purchases. That’s when someone who can legally own a gun, buys it for ...

Dig deeper Straw purchasing is when a legal buyer purchases guns, often at gun stores, for those who can’t legally buy.

The shooter obtained his gun through a straw purchase. This is when someone buys a gun for someone who cannot legally buy a gun, typically due to a criminal record. The Oregon legislature can ...

The guns were really for two men from California, convicted felons prohibited from owning firearms. The bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives call those straw purchases, or “lie ...