Summary
NEW YORK - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is examining the results of an unusual sting set up by the City of New York, in which private investigators recorded themselves purchasing handguns at shops in several states.
Acting independently of law enforcement, the investigators took hidden cameras into stores to test whether they would participate in a type of transaction known as a "straw purchase," where one person illegally buys a gun on behalf of someone else.See the full content of this document
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Atf Will Review New York's Gun Stings
Black-market dealers routinely use straw buyers to acquire weapons on behalf of p...
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