Daily News | Philly man charged with Montco straw purchases in latest suburban gun bust
A Philadelphia man who authorities say bought guns for people barred from buying weapons themselves has been charged with firearms violations and related crimes.
The arrest is the latest in a regional crackdown on straw purchasing, the practice of legally buying guns and reselling them to those looking to evade government background checks. Police recovered three of those weapons, according to the affidavit of probable cause for Smith’s arrest. Montgomery County got involved when one of those guns, a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, was turned in to Bridgeport Police. Smith purchased most of the handguns in a short period of time authorities said, andTwo of the guns were recovered during arrests of people barred from purchasing firearms due to previous criminal convictions.
That suspect legally purchased a high-quantity of firearms — seven in total — over a short amount of time, investigators said, and bought them online before picking them up at a Montgomery County retailer.for selling straw-purchased firearms he bought at stores in Bucks and Montgomery counties.
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