To legally purchase a firearm, a person must pass an FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ...

Federal and local officials in North Carolina are ramping up efforts to stop straw purchases, which is when someone buys a ...

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A Dolton man was sentenced to two years in federal prison Tuesday for helping to run a gun straw purchase ring. Schebaka ...

Federal and local law enforcement officials are teaming up to crack down on illegal gun sales in Charlotte with the launch of a new public education campaign aimed at stopping what’s known as straw ...

Action isn’t taken when violations are found. Most guns sold to prohibited purchasers or stolen from gun dealers are used in a crime within 25 miles. This impacts every Oregon community.

In 2002, she was a college student in Ohio. A classmate asked her to go to a nearby gun store and make a purchase for him. “Of course, my regular questions were, 'Why do you need to?' ...

Keeping guns out of the hands of prohibited people is the subject of a federal campaign against "straw" firearm purchases that New Orleans-area officials trumpeted Wednesday at a news conference.

Two Reading men, Luis Rosario, 22, and Kalif Johnson, 22, were arrested Feb. 28 on attempted murder charges in the Feb. 2 ...

A Lansdale man faces up to a decade on prison after he admitted to taking part in a straw purchase scheme during which he ...

Straw purchases also are a concern for legal gun owners, said Landis Aden, president of Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Association.

Local Local guns tied to crimes, straw purchasers involved in illegal trade By Hunter Sáenz, wsoctv.com February 26, 2025 at 5:15 pm EST ...