Here's a new stat I wasn't aware of:
2000 report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found that in 1998, more than 85 percent of gun dealers had no guns used in crimes trace back to them.
By contrast, 1 percent of dealers accounted for nearly 6 in 10 crime gun traces that year.
The firearms bureau knows exactly who these gun dealers are — but
they're not allowed to share that information with policymakers or researchers due to a law passed by Congress in 2003.
The law should be addressing those dealers.
Yeah they are probably in high crime areas is the reason.
Tough shit. The goal is to not funnel guns to the wrong people and 1/100 make of 60% of the problem.
85% manage gun sales with zero crime guns.
There must be a way to minimize that movement.
Can't expect zero but the outliers need to be addressed for being a significant portion of the problem.
@Splinty was that pie chart part of a study written by a person named Pittsburgh or is it representative of only the city of Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh only. There are little to no state and federal level studies due to laws that prevent the data from being shared. Researchers have to team up with local police entities to data gather.
The lack of larger data gathering is a problem too.
Regardless, almost 50% of crime gun sources are straw purchases and that goes to the same issue...people have guns they didn't buy, and therefore circumvented the background check process.
Straw purchases are already a felony. They should be enforced.
@Wild[/USER], the latter of whom can give you a highly detailed explanation as to why this forum was created.
