The Senate’s bipartisan gun control bill contains heightened penalties for firearm trafficking and straw purchases, although trafficked or straw purchased firearms were not used in Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland, Las Vegas, or Orlando, among others.
A U;S. Magistrate Judge ordered alleged firearm straw purchaser Jamel Danzy released from federal custody on Wednesday.
An Indiana man is under arrest and is charged with supplying the gun to the felon who allegedly shot and killed Chicago officer Ella French Saturday night.
The San Jose City Council voted Tuesday to enact a fee for gun ownership and to require gun owners to get liability insurance.
San Jose’s city council responded to the May 26, 2021, mass shooting by adopting gun controls that would not have prevented the incident from occurring.
CLAIM: Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claims there is a “straw man provision” that allows buyers to walk into a gun store, buy multiple guns, and pass them on to criminals.
VERDICT: FALSE. Straw purchases are illegal under federal law.
LITTLETON, New Hampshire — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rounded out his two-day swing through New Hampshire at an ice cream social on Tuesday afternoon, telling a packed crowd at the Littleton Opera House that Donald Trump is “the most dangerous president” in American history.
