I would think that the 40% figure is pretty low. My entire life I have been around people who bought, sold, and traded guns without ever using a FFL dealer. My dad recently traded a john boat for a really nice shotgun, and I myself have traded 3 guns and sold a fourth in the last year, all without a FFL dealer or background check. I have even bought and sold several at garage sales. I believe that the NICS system would become completely overwhelmed and crash if it was forced to handle the actual true volume of gun exchanges. Besides, if they do mandate that all transactions are through FFL dealers, what’s to stop a person from backdating a receipt or bill of sale to the day before the new regulation was to go in effect?
Every gun owner should read Lott’s book. It is very dry, but informative.
I'm pretty sure I have that correct..........
Dems think it’s OK to lie because the ‘ends justify the means’... it’s their typical thuggish control freak routine.
Question to anyone...
Do you have a link for registration data on guns that were recovered by police after a crime?
I want to know what percent were stolen, possessed illegally, etc.
Thanks for any help.
Inmates serving time in state prisons during 1997 told (Bureau of Justice Statistics) researchers that they obtained their guns from the following sources in percentages:
- Purchased from a retail store - 8.3 percent
- Purchased at a pawn shop - 3.8 percent
- Purchased at a flea market - 1.0 percent
- Purchased in a gun show - 0.7 percent
- Obtained from friends or family - 39.6 percent
- Got on the street/illegal source - 39.2 percent
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980710/posts
Bookmarked.
What, you mean they are lying.... AGAIN?
Ho hum. It's what they do, particularly the Liar In Chief himself.