Tweet - "Infuriated by the news that Officer Ella French was killed and her partner wounded by a handgun obtained through a straw purchase in Indiana. I have been pushing for stronger penalties against straw purchases for years, and this is why."

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"Infuriated by the news that Officer Ella French was killed and her partner wounded by a handgun obtained through a straw purchase in Indiana. I have been pushing for stronger penalties against straw purchases for years, and this is why."

@Suntimes
"NEW: Federal prosecutors have charged an Indiana man who allegedly acted as the so-called straw purchaser of the handgun used in the weekend shooting of two Chicago police officers. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/9/22617216/chicago-police-officer-ella-french-killed-feds-charge-straw-purchaser-gun"

"I am writing to AG Garland today to call on the Department of Justice's Chicago firearms trafficking Strike Force to commit to a coordinated investigation and prosecution effort against these straw purchases immediately. Enough is enough."

@SenatorDurbin

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