The ATF's Commerce in Firearms in the United States (2000)
famously reports that "57% of crime guns traced by the BATF sold through
1% of gun dealers." Does anyone know off-hand what fraction of all gun
sales those dealers account for? Obviously, if those 1% accounted for
50% of all gun sales, then the 57% number wouldn't be particularly
telling; if the 1% accounted for only 1% of all gun sales (but 57% of
sales of all crime guns that the BATF traces), that might be different
-- it wouldn't, in my view, justify holding manufacturers liable for
selling to those dealers, but it may (at least) justify more
investigation of the dealers and the like.
My apologies if the answer is in the report; the report seems to
be missing from the ATF site, and the library hasn't yet tracked it down
for me. Thanks,
Eugene
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