Most guns recovered from crime scenes come from ten lax states

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Using gun-trace data provided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the report shows that in 2009 ten states (Arizona, California, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia) supplied almost half the interstate-trafficked guns recovered at crime scenes.

The report also argues that the stricter a state’s gun laws are, the less likely that state is to export trafficked guns recovered at crime scenes. State reinforcement of federal penalties for providing false information when buying a gun, running background checks on buyers at gun shows, allowing local discretion to police when issuing concealed-carry permits, requiring purchase permits for handguns and allowing municipalities to set their own gun laws are all associated with lower gun-trafficking rates.

This is not the first report from this coalition on gun-trafficking—another released this month found that 90% of the guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico and traced led back to American dealers.

http://www.economist.com/node/17151375?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/trekkingnorth

[natty bumppo 297]

all 10 states are in the top 16 for population. IN, AZ, VA are the only ones in below the top 10 states for population.

humm ... large populations .... wonder if there is a correlation ...

[Ban Hammer 13,470]

cali is lax in gun laws?

[Heracles 417]

This one is just another no-brainer and once again contradicts the bullcrap that restrictions do not work. Flies on the face of the BS that illegal guns alone are the problem.

[The_Dude 1,142]

This one is just another no-brainer and once again contradicts the bullcrap that restrictions do not work. Flies on the face of the BS that illegal guns alone are the problem.

SHhhhhhhhhhhhh. Guns are good, anyone who doesn't have at least a small cache of weapons is a terrorist and wants to destroy America.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

You've named some of the largest and most populated states. Stupid. Using guns already known to have used by criminals is a poor comparison. What percent of guns sold end up used in crimes? It is like saying the top ten cars driven by drunk drivers should be banned. Federal laws are consistent throughout the country. The states listed all have the same federal retrictions, so do the states not on that list.

Vermont, North Dakota, Maine...etc. So if you have lax laws you are in the top 10, but you may also be in the bottom 10. Go figure. As usual, gun laws are not the cause or prevention of crime.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

This one is just another no-brainer and once again contradicts the bullcrap that restrictions do not work. Flies on the face of the BS that illegal guns alone are the problem.

Correct, I see you are making more sense since your last post regarding gun laws...I can copy and paste that one here so everyone can see the improvement. D'ya wanna?

[Scott & Lai 12]

cali is lax in gun laws?

[mawilson 2,133]

Thank God we still have "lax" states.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Thank God we still have "lax" states.

Yes...and they make up the "bottom 10" on the list also.

[justashooter 430]

This is not the first report from this coalition on gun-traffickinganother released this month found that 90% of the guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico and traced led back to American dealers.

http://www.economist.com/node/17151375?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/trekkingnorth

more of this tripe, i see. the grammar isn't even good, unless it was written that way to be deliberately misleading (oh yeah, we forgot to finish that sentence.)this concept has been debunked for 6 months. the truth is, of the 400,000 plus firearms seized in mexican gang/drug warfare in the last 2 years, only 17,000 were submitted to ATF for tracing. the other 383,000 were obviously not from America, most being trafficked in from china via venezuela to keep the mexican govt away from the lucrative drug trade. about 85% of the traced guns were actually made in America, and were largely US Govt Lend Lease M16 given by uncle sam to the mexican army, from which they were taken by deserters.

so 96% of the guns they recovered weren't even sent in for tracing, cause it's obvious they came from china.

Edited October 2, 2010 by justashooter