Rodriguez Hilario and others discussed the purchase of AR-15s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. One of the co-conspirators described that he sold AR-15s and AK-47s to El Salvadorans,
Straw Purchases
Burnsville Woman Indicted for Straw Purchasing Firearms Used in Fatal Shooting of 3 First Responders
A Burnsville woman has been indicted for straw purchasing multiple firearms for a felon, two of which were used to fatally shoot two police officers and a firefighter paramedic…
Man Pleads Guilty To Firearms Conspiracy Involving 56 Guns Purchased Online With Stolen Credit Cards
…from April through July 2022, Jones and others attempted to place online orders for firearms with Guns.com and other online retailers for delivery to Cincinnati.
Florida Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Straw Purchasing Firearms
For each purchase, Mobley went to federally licensed firearms dealers, bought firearms requested by the undercover agents, and falsely certified in ATF paperwork…
Two Texas Men Sentenced to Prison for Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
Two Texas men were sentenced to prison for their roles in firearms trafficking to Mexico.
Atlanta Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases
The Atlanta area “Don’t Lie” campaign will total more than 21.6 million gross media impressions running across a pool of 132 digital billboards, posters and transit shelters.
Missouri: Grand Jury Indicts Local Man & Woman on Numerous Firearms Charges
Turner represented that she was the actual buyer of one or more firearms, when, in fact, she was acquiring the firearms on behalf of Freddie Tilmon.
Minneapolis Man Arrested, Charged With Straw Purchasing Firearm Used Shooting
A federal criminal complaint has been filed against Jerome Fletcher Horton, 25, for illegally purchasing multiple firearms…
AZ: 3 Phoenix Men Indicted for Conspiracy To Purchase Guns Using False Statements
Convictions for conspiracy, false statements during the purchase of a firearm, & dealing firearms without a license, are each punishable by a maximum fine of $250,000, & up to 5 years of imprisonment.
Winchester, MA Man Sentenced for Making False Statements During Firearm Purchase
Tyrone Morris-Janey, 30, formerly of Winchester, was sentenced to time served, three years of supervised release, and one year of home confinement for making false statements during the acquisition.
Man Pleads Guilty to Aiding & Abetting Making False Statement During Gun Acquisition
The female admitted that Dionne asked her to buy a firearm, and stated that he offered to pay her $200 and fill her gas tank for making the purchase. The female agreed.
Two Guilty for Straw Purchasing a Firearm
In early September 2018, Mexican authorities recovered two pistols and an unserialized, homemade, short-barrel AR-type rifle in a vehicle in Tijuana, Mexico.
Indianapolis Woman Indicted for Illegal Purchase of 36 Firearms
United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that Iva Patrick, 30, of Indianapolis, was indicted by a grand jury for charges of unlawfully providing false information in connection with a purchase
VA Man Denied Gun Sale Because Dealer Suspected Straw Purchase ~ VIDEO
In the video, Mr. Mason, who is black, is saying that the gun store, Hopkins Gun & Tackle, is stereotyping him.
New Years With Poncho Villa
Now to be honest Villa let everyone out of that jail, just as he had done in every other town he captured. I am sure he did not take Chihuahua City just to release a convicted murderer from Texas.
Straw Purchase by Bad Apples – What’s A Gun Dealer To Do?
As dealers we only stop sales to the really blatant straw purchasers and probably stop purchases by innocent citizens just as often.
Woman Who Illegally Bought Gun Used to Shoot Cop Sentenced to One Year of Probation
A federal judge in Omaha on Monday sentenced a woman to one year of probation for illegally buying a gun on her boyfriend’s behalf from an FFL at a pawnshop.
California Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases
As part of an ongoing national effort to help deter illegal “straw” purchases of firearms, the National Shooting Sports Foundation is reminding the public in the Oakland and Richmond, Calif…
Camden & Wilmington Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases
This warning can help deter an illegal purchase long before a person steps into a licensed retail store…
SCOTUS Grants BATFE Leeway on ‘Straw Purchase’ Rules in Abramski v. United States
The ruling allows the government to require virtually any information it wants from a person buying a gun from a FFL dealer, whether or not that information has any relationship to public safety…
Supreme Court Tightens Definition of Firearms Straw Purchase
The Abramski case proves once again that in actual application, the reasons for passing gun laws are irrelevant because they inevitably result in prosecution and punishment for people who are not criminals…
The Supreme Court’s Overkill ‘Scheme’
Protecting this ‘scheme’ is all that the liberals on the Court really care about…
Supreme Court Decision on ‘Straw Purchases’ Does Not Make Gift Purchases Illegal
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a Virginia man who could legally purchase a firearm and did so for an uncle from Pennsylvania…
Gun Owners of America: Good News … and Some Bad News
With two anti-gun judges having been confirmed to the Supreme Court under Obama’s presidency, we now have an anti-gun decision authored by Justice Kagan…
Chicago, Detroit & Flint Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases
National Shooting Sports Foundation Promotes Don’t Lie for the Other Guy Program in Illinois, Michigan…
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on ATF Change of Interpretation Without Change in Law
The ATF had one interpretation of the statute from the implementation of the law in 1968 until 1994, 26 years later. Then they started a different interpretation of the law under the Clinton regime…
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in ‘Straw Purchase’ Case
At the heart of the issue is not whether Congress intended to have the Gun Control Act of 1968 keep firearms out of the hands of criminals, but whether the law should allow law-abiding individuals to purchase guns for someone else???
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Abramski v. United States
The case concerns whether BATFE’s policy barring the purchase of a firearm by a non-prohibited person for the purpose of selling it to another lawful purchaser exceeds agency authority…
Southern New England Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases
Billboard advertisements for the “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” program are being purchased by NSSF in key locations in the Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, Mass. markets…
Largest Straw Purchase of Guns in History Goes Uninvestigated, Phoenix Mayor, Council & Police All Complicit
Was Bloombergs out of state money behind this? Where is the ATF? How can private citizens buy and destroy this many guns without being licensed as a gun dealer. Expert calls for national investigation…