Stopping illegal weapons trafficking could put big dent in gun violence
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Gun trafficking is closely related to straw buyers. The latter is defined as an illegal firearm purchase where the actual buyer of the gun, being unable to pass the required federal background check or desiring to not have his or her name associated with the transaction, uses a proxy buyer who can pass the required background check to purchase the firearm for him/her. You can see a list of those prohibited to purchase a gun here. It is illegal to sell to these people but in man...
