ST PAUL, Minn. — There is a renewed push at the Minnesota State Capitol to increase penalties on straw gun buyers, people who knowingly buy a gun for a person who can't legally own one. The debate is ...

The killing of two police officers and a paramedic in Burnsville last month has made “straw purchases” of firearms a critical issue for Minnesota lawmakers of both parties. Rep. Kaela Berg, ...

A man whose guns kept turning up in Jacksonville police investigations faces two years in federal prison after admitting he was a “straw buyer” in nine illegal gun purchases. Charles David Mobley, 50, ...

FORT DODGE, Iowa (KCCI) - An Iowa man is pleading guilty in Federal Court to buying a pistol from a store, saying it was for himself, but he was actually buying it from someone else. Hunter Collier, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Mossberg 22 cal. AR-15 style rifle rests on a countertop at a Jacksonville gun shop in this 2016 photo. Federal prosecutors have ...