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Federal Research Shows Criminals Usually Get Their Guns via Crime
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Website: http://libertyparkpress.com
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With the constant calls from anti-Second Amendment groups and politicians to make background checks mandatory for firearm purchases at gun shows, you’d think gun shows and private sales between individuals were a major source of the firearms used by violent criminals. After all, anti-gunners always claim that their various “universal-background-check” schemes are for public safety and will prevent dangerous people from getting guns. |
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jac
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56 percent of the prisoners surveyed admitted they stole the firearms they used in their crimes.
43 percent bought their firearms “off the street or from the underground market.”
3 percent obtained a gun from a retail source.
Typical government study. Adds up to 102 percent. They can't get anything right.
But it does show that additional background checks won't prevent criminals from obtaining guns.
Gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. |
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