U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant discusses tougher penalties for straw gun purchases during a press conference on Memphis anti-gun trafficking efforts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the year Ashley Perez has worked as a cashier for an indoor gun range, she has witnessed a grim trend that firearm retailers ...

The Indiana store is one of several Range USA locations that faced losing its license for breaking rules designed to deter ...

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 ...

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.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Six people are facing charges in connection with illegal gun transfers in Allegheny County. The Allegheny County Gun Violence Task Force seized numerous guns and charged ...

A man has entered a guilty plea to his role in straw purchasing firearms that were later used in at least two murders. William Burton pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of conspiracy to make ...

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Nine-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith was shot while jumping on a trampoline with friends. Aniya Allen, 6, was killed while riding in her mother’s car. A Twin Cities man illegally bought dozens of guns ...