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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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2. You realize, of course ...

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:47 AM

Jan 2017

... that only a tiny percentage of these "one out of five" were bought for, or will ever be used for, a nefarious purpose. People in states that don't require a background check for an in-state private sale routinely buy and sell firearms without background checks. It was even legal in New York until 2013.

What these numbers don't account for is the trade in guns among criminals who can't legally buy, sell, or own a firearm anyway, and don't respond to surveys like this. That's the number I'd be scared of.

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