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
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Thanks for the numbers & link!