Women in abusive relationships linked to straw gun purchases
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Since the fatal shooting of three Burnsville first responders in February, another first responder — Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell — was fatally shot on the job.
Details about the gun used in last week’s fatal shooting of Mitchell has not yet been released, but the shooter in Burnsville obtained his guns through a straw purchase — when a person buys a gun for someone else who is not legally allowed to make a gun purchase.
Stephen Montemayor, reporter with the Star Tribune, learned a many of those purchasers are women in abusive relationships. He spoke MPR News host Tom Crann about his article on straw gun buyers.
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