A straw purchase does not necessarily involve a prohibited person from obtaining a firearm.

A straw purchase is a purchase that involves hiding the identity of an individual.


[url]http://www.atf.treas.gov/field/philadelphia/press/050101straw.htm[/url]


[url]http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/geninfo.htm[/url]

E-BTT.

I witnessed a straw-purchase last week at the Walmart in Richmond. Looked like a 100 item purchase. They got the foldable stock models (deluxe bendie kind). Had a clown on the box.

Janelle C. Carter knows what a "Straw Purchase" is.

Times Staff Writer HAMMOND -- The daughter of Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter was tearful Wednesday afternoon as she pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to being a part of Lake County's illegal handgun market Janelle C. Carter, 22, of Gary admitted she bought five new handguns last year on behalf of a person barred from legally possessing firearms. That crime is said to have undermined years of work by her father to reduce gun violence and could land her in a federal prison. Judge James Moody
said Wednesday he will sentence her June 6 and said she could receive anything from supervised release up to 20 years in prison. However, the deal she struck last month with the federal government to plead guilty and her lack of prior criminal convictions are
likely to spare her from any lengthy imprisonment. "I purchased the guns," she said when questioned by Moody if she was pleading guilty to two felony counts of fraudulent purchase of firearms She admitted lying on federal firearms purchase statements she
signed at Westforth's Sports Shop in Gary March 1, 2000 and again April 17, 2000, swearing she was buying two 9-mm Jennings semi-automatic pistols, a .25-caliber Lorcin pistol, a .380-caliber Davis pistol and a 9-mm Intratec pistol only for herself. "I was buying them for someone else," she said Wednesday. The judge didn't ask her who nor did she identify the true buyer, but sources close to the investigation said Janelle Carter was working for a convicted felon who made a living providing guns to people, like
himself, who are legally barred from buying or possessing firearms. Assistant U.S. Attorney Randall M. Stewart told the judge the government had evidence to prove Carter committed the crime. Sources said that evidence would have included a video tape of her
making the purchases. Authorities say such straw purchases are a common way criminals get around federal firearm laws that require background checks of purchasers.  The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms has identified Indiana as a "source state" where weapons flow freely to surrounding states with stronger firearms restrictions. Guns abandoned in Chicago streets and cars of gang members frequently are traced to Northwest Indiana gun dealers Bernard Carter has sponsored a number of voluntary gun buy-back programs since 1994 that have taken in more than 1,200 firearms that were melted down as a symbolic gesture in support of gun control.  Bill Dolan can be reached at [email protected].  From the www.thetimesonline.com

Oh by the way, she got probation.