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 ...

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?' ...

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

The law requires gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers to establish, implement and enforce reasonable controls to ...

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

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.

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