Hi first time poster

[WilliamMacDougal]

First time poster, I read all the time, I have a Anti friend who tells me it's all NRA propaganda that the vast majority of Gun crime is committed with illegally obtained gun's. And he also laughs when I say we all are not a bunch of redneck Neanderthals, as a whole we're on average just as educated as non gun owners.

My question is Are their any stats of illegally obtained gun usage available --

 

[Solo Flyer]

My question is Are their any stats of illegally obtained gun usage available --

William,welcome to THR.This is what the Dept. of Justice has to say:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/guns.htm

Offenders

According to the 1997 Survey of State Prison Inmates, among those possessing a gun, the source of the gun was from -

a flea market or gun show for fewer than 2%
a retail store or pawnshop for about 12%
family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source for 80%

 

[bdickens]

Do your blood pressure a favor and don't try to argue with bigots. Many have tried and many have failed.

 

[freakshow10mm]

If you two are out and about, and someone starts kicking his ass, let him get his licking. When he picks himself off the ground, ask him how that would have ended differently had he had a gun.