Quote from bigarrow:
Do all the guns sold at gun shows require a background check?
EDIT: Is a background check required for purchase of all guns sold at gun shows?
Apologies to my English teachers.
Myth: Gun shows are supermarkets for criminals
Fact:Only 0.7% of convicts bought their firearms at gun shows. 39.2% obtained them from illegal street dealers.
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Fact:Fewer than 1% of âcrime gunsâ were obtained at gun shows.
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This is a reduction from a 1997 study that found 2% of guns used in criminal offenses were purchased at gun shows.
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Fact:The FBI concluded in one study that no firearms acquired at gun shows were used to kill police officers. â
In contrast to media myth, none of the firearms in the study were obtained from gun shows.â
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Fact:Only 5% of metropolitan police departments believe gun shows are a problem.
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Fact:Only 3.5% of youthful offenders reported that they obtained their last handgun at a gun show.
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Fact:93% of guns used in crimes are obtained illegally (i.e., not at gun stores or gun shows).
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Fact:At most, 14% of all firearms traced in investigations were purchased at gun shows.
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But this includes all firearms that the police traced, whether or not they were
used in crimes, which overstates
the acquisition rate.
Fact:Gun dealers are federally licensed. They are bound to stringent rules for sales that apply equally whether they are selling firearms from a storefront or a gun show.
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Fact:Most crime guns are either bought off the street from illegal sources (39.2%) or through family members or friends (39.6%).
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Myth: 25-50% of the vendors at most gun shows are âunlicensed dealersâ
Fact:There is no such thing as an âunlicensed dealer,â except for people who buy and sell antiqueâcurioâfirearms as a hobby (not a business).
Sources
176)Firearm Use by Offenders, Bureau of Justice Statistics, February 2002
177)Ibid
178)Homicide in Eight U.S. Cities
, National Institute of Justice, December 1997
179)Violent Encounters: A Study of Felonious Assaults on Our Nation's Law Enforcement Officers,U.S.Department of Justice, August 2006
180)- On the Front Line: Making Gun Interdiction Work
, Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, February
1998, survey of 37 police departments in large cities
181)Patterns in Gun Acquisition and Use by Youthful Offenders in Michigan
, Timothy S. Bynum, Todd G.
Beitzel, Tracy A. OâConnell & Sean P. V
arano, 1999
182)BATF, 1999
183)BATF, June 2000, covers only July 1996 through December 1998
184)BATF, 2000
185)Firearm use by Offenders
, Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 2001