NBC - Where Guns Used in Crime Come From

[Phill]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/07/18108298-gun-violence-in-us-has-fallen-dramatically-over-past-20-years-justice-dept-report-finds?lite

As for where crime guns came from, the study notes that less than two percent - gun shows or flea markets. The highest number, 40 percent, - came from a family member or a friend. 37 percent - stolen or obtained from an illegal source

 

[dougstump]

How dare NBC confuse the issue with facts!

 

[03protege]

Somebody is in an office getting ****-canned at this moment in time.

 

[oleheat]

Somebody is in an office getting ****-canned at this moment in time.

My thoughts exactly!!!!!

 

[Leadfoot]

Ain't it a bitch when facts refute everything Democrats have been spouting about gun crime?

 

[Emperor]

Somebody is in an office getting ****-canned at this moment in time.

My thoughts exactly!!!!!

Actually, they may be getting a promotion for finally putting up a story that someone outside of Zombieland, may actually be interested in reading on their sites.

 

[Dishonored]

Doesn't really help us though.
The point of the universal background check is for private sells. Which offered the highest percent. (family or friends)
Unless private sells are being classified under flea markets etc.

 

[oleheat]

Actually, they may be getting a promotion for finally putting up a story that someone outside of Zombieland, may actually be interested in reading on their sites.

Congratulations!

 

[Phill]

private sells. Which offered the highest percent. (family or friends)
Unless private sells are being classified under flea markets etc.

I assumed that the "family or friends" guns were hand-me-downs or borrowed, not sold.
I figured most private sales are two strangers exchanging money for firearms.

 

[Dishonored]

I assumed that the "family or friends" guns were hand-me-downs or borrowed, not sold.
I figured most private sales are two strangers exchanging money for firearms.

I have friends, some very close. I would not give away a $400.00 gun lol a good deal but not hand me down. I don't think the poll is accurate or specific enough to separate the two.

 

[Phill]

from the actual Bureau of Justice report
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf


Source of firearms possessed by state prison inmates at time of offense, 1997 and 2004
Percent of state prison inmates
Source of firearm




Gun show 0.8%

Family or friend 37.4%
Purchased or traded 12.2%
Rented or borrowed 14.1%



Street/illegal source 40.0%

Drug dealer/off street 25.2%

 

[edrodhdfb]

Family or friend 37.4%

This stat can be deceiving because the friend or family may have gotten it from the street/illegal, dealer or other source. If one criminal buys his gun through an illegal source then sells it to his criminal family or friend then it does not count as a legitimate sale.

 

[Jack]

Doesn't really help us though.
The point of the universal background check is for private sells. Which offered the highest percent. (family or friends)
Unless private sells are being classified under flea markets etc.

Even the most recently proposed legislation allowed an exception for family members.

 

[Bill Baldwin]

Doesn't really help us though.
The point of the universal background check is for private sells. Which offered the highest percent. (family or friends)
Unless private sells are being classified under flea markets etc.

The gun prohibitionists consider every sale except Retail Store and Pawn Shop as being an 'unregulated private transfer'.

Under the Family or Friend category, you'll see Other - 11.1%, those are straw purchases. Way at the bottom you'll see the Other category, those are private party transactions such as newspaper adverts, Thrifty Nickel, local internet listings, etc. I'm nearly certain the Other category at the bottom also includes those firearms where the polled inmate refused to answer.