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	Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Rogue Gun Dealer v. Rogue Gun Dealer Investigators
		Straw purchases and theft are common ways that prohibited people, such as convicted felons, obtain firearms.
		The fact that neither purchaser was a felon or otherwise ineligible to possess a firearm is irrelevant to the violation.
		A straw purchase is what occurs when a buyer, usually a farmer or some such owner of large animals enters into what is commonly referred to as a 'feed store'.
	www.reason.com /blog/show/114833.html (922 words)

	Maryland Attorney General - News Releases
		A straw purchase is where an individual uses another person, the straw purchaser, to complete the application to purchase a regulated firearm.
		A straw purchase is often employed by individuals who are prohibited from themselves possessing a firearm because of disqualifying events such as prior criminal convictions.
		The straw purchaser, who is not disqualified to possess a regulated firearm, then takes initial possession of that firearm, and subsequently transfers that firearm to the disqualified individual.
	www.oag.state.md.us /Press/2001/042701.htm (705 words)

	Straw purchase - Definition, explanation
		A straw purchase is a situation in which a buyer uses an intermediary (a "straw purchaser") through which to acquire one or more firearms from a licensed firearms dealer.
		Straw purchases and theft are the most common ways that prohibited people, such as convicted felons, obtain firearms.
		In the United States, straw purchases are a felony violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968 for both the straw purchaser and ultimate possessor.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/st/straw_purchase.php (248 words)

	NSSF
		The program, called "Don't Lie for the Other Guy," is designed to educate firearm retailers on how to detect and deter potential straw purchases and to raise public awareness that it is a serious crime to purchase a firearm for someone who cannot legally do so.
		The program has now expanded to include a public awareness component to educate citizens that straw purchases are a serious crime.
		And then the straw purchaser is looking at federal prosecution, a felony conviction, and prison time.
	www.nssf.org /share/PR/012606.cfm (688 words)

	Ceasefire New Jersey
		On average, 1.6 years passed between each weapon's purchase from John's Gun and Tackle Room and its use in a crime, according to the lawsuit.
		All of the guns were sold between February 1994 and June 2002, during which time shop owner John Coscia knowingly participated in "straw purchases," a scam in which one person fills out paperwork for a gun even though he's buying it for another person, the lawsuit says.
		Carter, who later pleaded guilty to straw purchasing, bought four 9 mm Ruger pistols and one.45-caliber Intratec pistol from Coscia, according to the suit.
	www.ceasefirenj.com /news12092006.htm (630 words)

	straw purchaser (English to Chinese translation glossary) law,Law (general),Social Sciences
		A straw purchase is a situation in which a buyer uses an intermediary (a "straw purchaser") through which to acquire one or more firearms from a licensed firearms dealer.
		A straw purchase can also be defined as any purchase, where the purchaser is knowingly purchasing an item or service for someone who is not able to complete such a transaction.
		As it is legal to purchase a vehicle for personal use, if one was to purchase a vehicle under the guise of personal use, and to turn the use of the vehicle in a full-time capacity to another, this is also considered an example of a straw purchase.
	www.proz.com /kudoz/1669736 (702 words)

	The Legal Action Project :: Current Cases :: Lemongello and McGuire v. Will Jewelry and Loan et al.
		Songer acted as a straw purchaser and bought the gun for Gray, as Gray was prohibited from legally purchasing guns as an out-of-state resident and a three-time convicted felon.
		Songer, the straw purchaser, was deposed and admitted that she made the purchases for a criminal gun trafficker, as plaintiffs alleged.
		The employees admitted that Songer's purchase was suspicious and they should not have sold the guns to her because the circumstances of the sale made it likely that the guns were not to be used legally.
	www.gunlawsuits.org /docket/casestatus.php?RecordNo=78 (1251 words)

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		We must determine whether the purchase of a firearm for a minor by a third party acting with parental consent constitutes an illegal "straw man" transaction: Specifically, whether a minor whose parent consents to the purchase of a firearm by a third party is nevertheless ineligible to acquire or possess the weapon.
		The parental permission for the purchase in the case at bench creates a fact pattern as to which neither the text of the statute nor its legislative history clearly discloses that the GCA was intended to apply.
		Wiley is an archetypal straw man, and his involvement is the smoking gun that conclusively proves both the illegality of this purchase and the existence of the conspiracy.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/us_v_moore.txt (8569 words)

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		THE DEFINITION OF "STRAW PURCHASES" At the heart of the Government's case is the theory that the defendants and others conspired to conceal "straw purchases" of firearms for the purpose of allaying the anticipated suspicion of the ATF that the co-conspirators were engaged in the illegal resale of the firearms.
		Consistent with the court decisions, during the period covered by the indictment, the ATF interpreted the doctrine as referring to the purchase of a gun by an intermediary/agent for a person who is ineligible to purchase the firearm himself/herself.
		In both instances, the straw purchaser violates Federal law by making false statements on Form 4473 to the licensee with respect to the identity of the actual purchaser of the firearm, as well as the actual purchaser's residence and date of birth....
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/us_v_dollar.txt (6317 words)

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		According to BATF Agent Nixon's testimony, straw purchasers are required to list themselves as the "transferee (buyer)," even though they are standing in for the "true" purchaser, e.g., where a parent is purchasing a firearm for her child.
		The Straw Man Doctrine Although not directly acknowledging it, the majority seems to recognize that the "straw man" doctrine is a judicially-created gloss on the GCA--it imposes criminal liability where there is none under a plain, strict reading of the statute.
		Moore consent to the purchase of the firearm, according to the majority's summary of the facts (i) the firearm was purchased with her money, (ii) she authorized Wiley to conduct the transaction, (iii) after purchasing the firearm, Wiley handed it to Mrs.
	www.constitution.org /2ll/bardwell/us_v_moore3.txt (7100 words)

	Straw Purchase - Topic Powered by eve community
		November 24, 2006 03:32 PM This subject has always puzzled me. If I purchase a legal firearm from a dealer and the next day I decide that I hate it and sell it to another shooter at the range who is a same state resident, have I violated any Fedral laws.
		A straw purchase is when the person who makes the transaction and completes the 4473 with the FFL is not the actual buyer of the firearm.
		I'm too lazy to look it up, but IF there's an intent component to a straw purchase, it doesn't matter if you change your mind and sell it 5 minutes after taking delivery as long as you didn't purchase it in the first place with a mind to do that.
	sigforum.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/140601935/m/111107257?r=759103757 (1668 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		When purchasing these firearms, the recruited individuals would fill out Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ("ATF") Form 4473, and each would falsely state on that form that he or she was the "actual buyer" of the firearms at issue.
		Nelson filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the "straw purchase" theory of liability relied on by the Government in prosecuting his case was a usurpation of legislative authority by the ATF, was unconstitutionally vague, and violated the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552(a).
		In these "straw purchases," the individuals Nelson and Khalil hired to purchase firearms represented themselves to be the actual buyers of those firearms and filled out ATF Form 4473 accordingly, even though those individuals were merely agents for Nelson and Khalil.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=11th&navby=case&no=9913906MAN (1985 words)

	Sourcebook Straw Bale
		Straw bale construction uses baled straw from wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice and others in walls covered by stucco.
		Straw bale are traditionally a waste product which farmers do not till under the soil, but do sell as animal bedding or landscape supply due to their durable nature.
		Two basic styles of straw bale construction have been used: post and beam construction with straw bale infill, and structural straw bale construction or "Nebraska" style (the weight of the roof is supported by the bales).
	www.greenbuilder.com /sourcebook/strawbale.html (2019 words)

	Press: The Attorney General's Press Office - Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
		Evidence and testimony about the weapons purchases and other suspected illegal activity was presented to a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended that criminal charges be filed.
		Corbett said that several of the weapons allegedly obtained through this "straw purchase" scheme have been recovered by police in New Castle and Buffalo during other criminal investigations.
		Consumers who purchased $75 tickets for a 2006 Pittsburgh area "charity" raffle - called the "Black and Gold Bash" - must file claims by November 30, 2007, in order to receive a portion of $241,000 in assets that were frozen when the Attorney General's Office halted the event as an unregistered charity and illegal raffle.
	www.attorneygeneral.gov /press.aspx?id=1965 (719 words)

	NC State University - NCCES - Producing Longleaf Pine Straw
		Several variables control pine straw yields, including raking efficiency, the vigor and age of the trees, their basal area, the season, the time interval betweens rakings, and the bale size.
		Federal and state agencies offer their straw for sale on a sealed bid, boundary basis - that is, they accept bids (in dollars per acre) on the right to harvest pine straw within a given area over a specified period of time, generally six months.
		The straw is usually baled as the truck is unloaded.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /nreos/forest/woodland/won-18.html (1595 words)

	frontline: hot guns: "How Criminals Get Guns" \| PBS
		A straw purchase occurs when someone who may not legally acquire a firearm, or who wants to do so anonymously, has a companion buy it on their behalf.
		According to a 1994 ATF study on "Sources of Crime Guns in Southern California," many straw purchases are conducted in an openly "suggestive" manner where two people walk into a gun store, one selects a firearm, and then the other uses identification for the purchase and pays for the gun.
		The report states that "of the 120,370 crime guns that were traced to purchases from the FFLs then in business, 27.7 % of these firearms were seized by law enforcement in connection with a crime within two years of the original sale.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/guns/procon/guns.html (866 words)

	#027: 01-15-04 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN ILLEGAL GUN STRAW PURCHASE CONSPIRACY
		Baugh’s sentencing comes one day after another defendant in the straw purchase conspiracy case, Cecelia D. Land of Indianapolis, was sentenced to three years probation, which includes five months of home detention with electronic monitoring, on a guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to commit false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms.
		As part of the conspiracy, Land purchased a total of 33 firearms from licensed firearm dealers on 10 different occasions at the request of Johnson and Baugh.
		Hundreds of firearms were allegedly purchased through straw purchasers who lied on the required background check form.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/2004/January/04_crm_027.htm (519 words)

	The Hunting and Shooting Sports Heritage Fund
		Purchases of Firearms in the Northern District of Texas
		The program, called Don't Lie for the Other Guy, was developed to raise public awareness that it is a serious crime to purchase a firearm for someone who cannot legally do so and to educate firearms dealers on how to better detect and deter potential straw purchases.
		Illegal firearms traffickers often use straw purchasers to buy guns for them so their own name is not recorded in gun store records.
	www.hsshf.org /news/PR_idx.cfm?PRloc=common/PR/&PR=012207-DontLie-TX.cfm (759 words)

	About Nichols Garden Nursery
		The old adage Ònecessity is the mother of invention" certainly applied, because all display gardens are required to have a kickboard or barrier separating the garden from the show floor.
		Root crops, such as carrots, parsnips and onions don't seem like good candidates for straw bale culture because the roots will be too crowded by the straw and would be hard to harvest.
		When the bales are exhausted after one or two years remove the twine and let the straw cover the ground and start over with fresh bales or consider planting directly into the mound and moving to a no-till technique.
	www.nicholsgardennursery.com /strawbales.htm (1094 words)

	Gun Law News - To All The Journalists Out There (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A straw purchase is where a person buys the gun legally and then gives the gun to someone who is not allowed by law to have the weapon.
		The 4473 form requires to certify that they buyer is the actual buyer of the firearm(s), which in the case of a straw purchase is false.
		As long as journalists incorrectly claim a straw purchase is legal, those who rely on journalists for their knowledge will continue to believe that stores and manufacturers are somehow at fault and more laws need to be written.
	www.gunlawnews.org /Analysis/journstraw-3.html (621 words)

	It's easy for kids to get guns in Pittsburgh (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Another possibility is they were legally purchased from a licensed dealer and then illegally resold on the street, a procedure known as a straw purchase.
		Some straw purchasers report their guns as stolen shortly after they sell them; others only do so after the gun they sold is used in a crime and traced back to them.
		Arresting straw purchasers and others illegally dealing in guns is a priority of federal and local law enforcement officials.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05087/478663.stm (1328 words)

	Gallery of Guns - Shooting Times - News Center
		A "straw purchase" occurs when the actual purchaser of the firearm solicits a middleman to conduct the transaction and complete the ATF Form 4473 in the middleman's name.
		A "straw purchase" may occur when the actual purchaser of the firearm is ineligible to lawfully purchase the firearm or when the actual purchaser does not want a record of his/her purchase of the firearm.
		In this case, the purchases were made at times when females accompanied a felon and undercover ATF agents, and the females completed the required paperwork for each firearm.
	www.galleryofguns.com /shootingTimes/Articles/DisplayArticles.asp?id=8590 (426 words)

	pw: philadelphia weekly online
		Most investigators say straw purchasers are responsible for about 50 percent of illegal gun-trafficking investigations.
		In the Vaird case, the straw purchaser avoided prosecution by cooperating with investigators.
		Straw men often flip, and because by their very definition they have no criminal records themselves, they rarely face prosecution.
	www.philadelphiaweekly.com /view.php?id=6217 (3424 words)

	Cascade Commodities Inc.- Bonded Wheat Straw Dealer
		Every summer we work together as a family to purchase the straw from farmers in Washington and Oregon, which is then swathed, baled, and stacked.
		The straw that we harvest is put into 4'x4'x8' bales, however, we also purchase straw in 4'x3'x8' bales, and in the small 2-tie bale size.
		Once the straw is baled it is put into stacks, which are left to be delivered throughout the rest of the year.
	www.hoksbergencompanies.com /cascade.html (366 words)

	Interesting problem-straw purchase? [Archive] - TheFiringLine Forums
		I say if As widow pays the LA rifle out of hock and turns it over to B, it is a straw purchase, felonies all the way around and even the pawn shop owner could be charged if he is aware of the situation.
		Straw purchase has nothing to do with whether the receiver is qualified to have the gun, it is only interested in who's money is used to get it.
		If he gives her the money to make the purchase it is then a straw purchase whether the guy is a felon or not
	www.thefiringline.com /forums/archive/index.php?t-188025.html (528 words)

	Straw-purchase probe leads to arrests of 17 \| Philadelphia Inquirer \| 08/17/2007
		Abraham said the weapons were purchased at gun shops and gun shows in Philadelphia, and some came from a burglary ring that stole weapons from suburban homes and then sold them on the streets of Philadelphia.
		Even as the officials talked to reporters, homicide detectives were working on the legacy of Wednesday night's violence: four shootings, including one at a youth basketball game at a city recreation center, that left two dead and five seriously wounded.
		Yasmeen Pringle, 27, of the 2400 block of North Hollywood Street, Strawberry Mansion; accused of the straw purchase of three handguns.
	www.philly.com /inquirer/local/20070817_Straw-purchase_probe_leads_to_arrests_of_17.html (1082 words)

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