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History of the Don't Lie Program
The National Shooting Sports Foundation
(NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, in coordination
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATFE),
the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
launched Don't Lie for the Other Guy, a national campaign to prevent
and discourage illegal "straw
man" purchases
of firearms, in July 2000.
Since then, firearms
retailers in more than 25 cities have learned how to better identify
potential straw purchasers, and the public has learned the very
severe consequences of purchasing a firearm for someone who cannot
legally posses one.
The Don't Lie campaign drives home the message that anyone attempting
an illegal firearm purchase faces a stiff federal penalty:
Buy a gun for someone who can't and buy yourself 10 years
in jail.
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