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Saturday, October 12th, 2024

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Sportsmen Since 1968

Saturday, October 12th, 2024

Breaking News for

Sportsmen Since 1968

ATF, National Shooting Sports Foundation launch campaign against straw purchases of firearms

The object of this joint government-firearms industry effort is to alert people that buying a firearm for a person prohibited from possessing a weapon is itself a serious violation. (File photo)

Lying is never a good thing. But when it comes to trying to skirt firearms purchasing laws it can cost a person hundreds of thousands in fines and up to more than a decade in jail.
To help meet this criminal activity muzzle-on, both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are again emphasizing their “Don’t Lie For The Other Guy” campaign.

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