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 someone ...
ATF agent on dangers of straw purchasers: "They are on the same level as the actual trigger pullers"
Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...
Shown are alleged straw purchased weapons displayed during a news conference in Norristown, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Working on a solution to gun violence and want to ...
AMERICAN FORK, Utah — Vainiaku Magic Na’a walked into a Scheels sporting goods store south of Salt Lake City on a September afternoon in 2021. He strode past racks of camping supplies and the indoor ...
ST. LOUIS — It's a scenario that plays out over and over again at American crime scenes: The investigation reveals that the shooter didn't get his firearm legally from a store or gun show, but instead ...
The Minnesota Senate approved stronger penalties for gun straw buyers Thursday along with a ban on binary triggers, ending weeks of uncertainty about prospects for new gun restrictions this session.
Every year, thousands of guns sold at gun stores end up in communities illegally. "You don’t really think where do these guns come from. You don’t think that" Rashandra Burnett said It's a harsh ...
They wanted to please their partners. One woman led an afterschool program. Another helped manage her daughter’s child-care center. A third worked as a Hennepin County corrections officer. Their ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Buying a gun for someone who is not allowed to have one is a crime often referred to ...
Philadelphia leaders file lawsuit against 3 local gun shops for alleged illegal purchasing practices
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Inside City Hall Tuesday morning, Philadelphia city leaders announced a lawsuit aimed at three local gun shops accused of turning a blind eye to straw purchases. It's the first ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A former Berkeley County Detention Center officer and a second man have been sentenced in a conspiracy to straw-purchase a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says. Joshua ...
Attorney for Minnesota Andrew Luger speaks at a news conference in Minneapolis on Thursday, March 14, 2024, to announce charges against an alleged straw buyer of the guns used in the killings of three ...
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