Legal Opinion
United States v. Gary Eugene Straach
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1993No. 91-1355PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Gary Eugene Straach is a licensed firearms dealer who owns and operates Shooting Sports, a gun shop in Dallas, Texas. After a lengthy “sting” operation carried out by the government, Straach was indicted and later convicted of knowingly selling firearms to nonresidents by way of “strawman transactions.” A straw-man transaction is one in which a resident of the state in which the firearms dealer’s business is located acts as an intermediary or agent for a nonresident who wishes to purchase a gun. With few exceptions, such transactions are prohibited by the Gun…
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