Some are always insisting that we need mandatory reporting of stolen guns, safe storage laws, etc. because guns end up in violent criminals hands from the black market and that the way they ended up on the black market was through theft of a legally owned gun.
I'm thinking that more than a few dudes who make a living selling handguns out of the trunk of their car to people they'd have a reason to suspect are prohibited persons have been caught and their inventory at time of arrest was traced. Surely someone has done a study or the FBI has put out some stats on the results of the trace of said inventory and it's available online somewhere. I plan on Googling later, but was wondering if anyone has a link to a study or FBI stats handy.
I'm thinking that more than a few dudes who make a living selling handguns out of the trunk of their car to people they'd have a reason to suspect are prohibited persons have been caught and their inventory at time of arrest was traced. Surely someone has done a study or the FBI has put out some stats on the results of the trace of said inventory and it's available online somewhere. I plan on Googling later, but was wondering if anyone has a link to a study or FBI stats handy.