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Since the fatal shooting of three Burnsville first responders in February, another first responder — Minneapolis police officer 

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. 

, 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 

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Buying a gun for someone else who is not legally allowed to make a gun purchase is called a straw purchase. Many of those gun buyers are women in abusive relationships.

Women in abusive relationships linked to straw gun purchases

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Women in abusive relationships linked to straw gun purchases

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