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HR 4939
STOP Straw Purchases Act
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Bill overview
STOP Straw Purchases Act This bill establishes new criminal offenses and penalties to deter straw purchases of firearms (i.e., firearm purchases from a licensed gun dealer by one person on behalf of another person).
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Primary sponsor
Don Bacon
HouseNERepublicanDistrict 2
Cosponsors
Gilbert Ray, Jr. Cisneros
HouseCADemocratDistrict 39
John H. Rutherford
HouseFLRepublicanDistrict 4
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