New Program In Philadelphia Aims To Educate Women About Dangers Of “Straw Purchases”
By Cam Edwards
Buying a gun for someone else is a crime, and there’s a new program being rolled out in Philadelphia that is geared towards stopping those straw purchases through education. Operation LIPSTICK (Ladies Involved in Putting a Stop to Inner-City Killing) will target the women who are most likely to engage in the illegal activity by informing them of the consequences.
“We ensure that women know the truth,” said Tamia Rashima-Jordan, executive director of Operation LIPSTICK. “Buying, hiding or holding a gun for someone who can’t own guns legally is a serious crime that fuels neighborhood gun violence, mass incarceration, trauma, injury and death.”
Operation LIPSTICK comes to Philadelphia for the first time thanks to a $123,000 grant from Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s Office. The coalition will partner with the violence prevention and intervention organization Mothers in Charge to educate women and share data with the attorney general’s office.
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General is a big fan of all kinds of gun control proposals, but in this case it’s not about putting a new law on the books, it’s about making potential straw buyers aware of the consequences.
Shapiro said his office opens an average of 25 straw purchasing …Read the Rest
Source:: Bearing Arms
Other News
- College Terrorists
- Slogans We Know and One We’re Stuck With
- Biden Paid Them, Now HE Owns What they Do
- The Problem Is Academia
- Very Fine People…
- Mike Johnson Fires Back At Rowdy Pro-Palestinian Protesters During University Speech
- Congress Burns Billions On A War It Can’t Control
- Biden Bans Gas Stoves And Appliances In Federal Buildings
- Biden’s Climate Agenda Sets Sights On Crucial Sector Of The American Economy
- The Climate-Alarmist Movement Has A Big PR Problem On Its Hands
Leave a Reply