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by RoyGBiv
Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:05 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Myth: 40% of Guns Sold w/o Background Check
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Re: Myth: 40% of Guns Sold w/o Background Check

I just posted that Lott article to give folks the facts.
I find it easier to deal with the anti's if I can show them my facts, then ask them to show me theirs. :mrgreen:
by RoyGBiv
Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:10 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Myth: 40% of Guns Sold w/o Background Check
Replies: 7
Views: 665

Myth: 40% of Guns Sold w/o Background Check

John Lott dispels the myth that "40 percent of guns are sold without a background check"

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/ ... -john-lott
the number comes from a 251-person survey on gun sales two decades ago, early in the Clinton administration. More than three-quarters of the survey covered sales before the Brady Act instituted mandatory federal background checks on February 28, 1994.

<snip - Read the link for the facts>

We don’t know the precise number today, but it is hard to believe that it is above single digits.

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