ATF Agent On Dangers Of Straw Purchasers: "They Are On The Same Level As The Actual Trigger Pullers"

By Jennifer Mayerle, CBS Minnesota

March 13, 2024

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The man who shot and killed three Burnsville first responders got at least one of the guns through what's called a straw purchase. That's when someone buys a gun for a person who is barred from owning one.

WCCO broke the development in late February. What's called an AR-15 lower receiver, was bought at The Modern Sportsman in Burnsville in January. The store says they had no way of knowing it was being purchased for someone else.

Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle talked with Travis Riddle, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF St. Paul Field Division, about the dangers of straw purchases and the consequences.

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