"What?? You mean criminals won't suddenly obey even more gun control laws?
I’m shocked that this is news to anyone.
I’ve bought guns from individuals.. without a background check.
A couple of them I got from my dad.. without a background check.
What I thought funny is that I traded one.. a 12 gauge “goose gun” for a Savage .22 rifle at a gun shop and had to go through a background check.
I axed them if I should be checking on them too as part of the deal.. since they were getting a gun too.
They didn’t get the joke.
Humorless barstards.
"What?? You mean criminals won't suddenly obey even more gun control laws?
“Imagine, then, my utter shock upon reading a just-released study from the University of Chicago Crime Lab, in which the vast majority of the city’s multitudinous gun-toting felons said they bought their firearms (or “gats,” in the parlance of our time) on the street as opposed to through legal means”
N A W !!
That’s only part of the story.
How did the guns get on the street?
The common answer we hear is ‘straw man’ purchases or purchased in an adjoining lax State but I’ll bet at least 75% are stolen. I have no stats to back that up though.
THIS is our problem. Anybody who would think like this is absolutely too stupid for words! This is our frustration, viz. trying to discuss guns and law with such people. They're stupid. Stupid! Stupid!
I wonder how many weapons are funneled to gangs from the ATF...
Maybe because "internet sales" still require the transaction to be completed through an FFL-licensed dealer.
There are no "mail-order guns" and have not been since 1968.
“or “gats,” in the parlance of our time”
Of our time? Started in the 1920s I believe. Or no! Even earlier.
“1900-05, Americanism; shortening of Gatling gun”
Although it refers to a pistol or revolver since the teens/twenties.
Duh. Liberals deliberately leave guns in the hands of violent criminals while seeking to take them from non-violent citizens.
The weapons sold at gun shows by vendors follow the same laws as a gun store. A background check is done on any purchaser.
A private citizen can sell a gun to another private citizen at a gun show, just like the private citizen could sell a gun to another private citizen from their home.
Most of the media doesn’t understand this and think guns sold at gun shows require no background check which is why they scream about the gun show loophole
Months ago I emailed Mayor Rhambo that he should deputize the Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense (HQ conveniently located nearby here in Indiana), team them with Baraq’s BATF, and head into the ‘hood in Chicago to clean up all the illegal guns.
So far, no response....
Facts aren’t the Gun grabber’s friend... for that matter, neither is logic and reality.
I have to discount any piece about a study that does not link to the study itself.
Raises a red flag.