‘Crime guns’ in perspective
Friday, June 30th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
F. Paul Valone RALEIGH - Voters’ consistent rejection of gun control forces gun opponents to periodically repackage their agenda. Having failed to pass off gang murders as "children killed by guns," anti-gun organizations now tell tales about "rogue gun dealers" feeding "iron pipelines" of illegal gun trafficking. Despite the new gift-wrap, their unwavering goal is restricting your access to firearms.
Orchestrated by the Brady Center (formerly Handgun Control, Inc.), this national campaign would ration how many guns you may buy and, via mandatory gun tracing, would force the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to gather bogus statistics promoting gun control.
A recent piece on this page alleged that "The primary source of illegal guns is corrupt (or rogue) gun dealers." In truth, a Department of Justice report entitled "Firearms Use by Offenders" found the largest sources of crime guns are family or friends (39.6 percent), followed by theft and black market sales (39.2 percent). Gun and pawn shops ("rogue" or otherwise) accounted for just 8.3 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively. (more…)
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