PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed a bill Monday that will require gun shops to post signs warning that it’s illegal to misrepresent who a gun purchase is for.
The bill is aimed at straw purchases, guns bought by one person then transferred to someone else, usually someone, such as a felon, who, by law, is forbidden from owning a gun. Straw purchases are illegal under federal law.
Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel says it’s a serious problem…