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 ...

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 ...

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 appeals court concluded that the restriction impinges on the right to arms and is not consistent with the historical ...

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 ...

A man has been federally charged with straw purchasing dozens of firearms, including the ones used in the killings of ...

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… ...

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 prevent straw purchases by passing HB 3076 , a bill that ...

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.