In a decision issued in June, the appeals court ruled in favor of the Bellevue, Wash.-based Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in Nguyen v. Bonta. The case challenged California’s ...

Bartozzi cleared up that though money is a key motivator for those initiating straw purchases, it’s not the only one. Peer pressure and “a sense of loyalty” to family or friends explain why ...

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

Opinion Readers respond: Prevent straw gun purchases Published: May. 13, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

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?' ...

A straw purchase, in legal terms, is when one person buys a gun for another person who often cannot legally buy or own a gun themselves. Prosecutors said Fowler was employed as a correction officer at ...

Dolton man gets 2 years for running gun straw purchase ring A Dolton man was sentenced to two years in federal prison Tuesday for helping to run a gun straw purchase ring. Schebaka Ellington, 25, ...

SIMON: The man would buy guns from a dealer and then hand them over to Andrew Thomas in the parking lot for $500 each. He's pleaded guilty to multiple gun charges and is currently awaiting sentencing.

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 ...

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

Anthony Eddinger is charges with multiple counts of providing a false statement in the purchase of a firearm and related ...