Altogether, about 2,000 firearms were bought by straw purchasers during Fast and Furious.

Nonetheless, he accepted to be a straw purchaser for Yarrington.

The government alleged these loan purchases were illegal because the straw purchasers inflated their incomes as part of an attempt to defraud the lenders.

The sales were usually made to local "straw purchasers," or gun runners with phony local identification.

Investigators believe that the woman was buying the 9 millimeter gun as a straw purchaser on behalf of Charles Chapman.

These dealers may sell guns directly to juveniles or through "straw" purchasers who resell them to adolescents.

These states have relatively strong gun laws that discourage straw purchasers and otherwise deter criminals from obtaining weapons.

Reported justification is to identify "straw purchasers" and weapons traffickers.

A straw purchaser is someone who buys a gun legally for a person who is prohibited from buying one.

The lawsuit accused the pawnshop of negligence and creating a public nuisance by selling the 12 handguns in one transaction to a straw purchaser.