Will Brink writes: -----Original Message----- >The only one that makes any sense at all is #4. However, is there >real data to support this statement:
>"Using crime gun trace data, law enforcement can identify the 1% of >gun dealers who supply nearly 60% of crime guns. Even with hundreds >of violations, most of these rogue gun dealers remain open for >business because of restrictions Congress and the Bush Administration >have placed on ATF's ability to inspect them and revoke their >licenses." 1. "Crime guns" are actually "traced guns." I've heard that 80-90% of traces do not arise out of a criminal matter. ATFE encourages police to trace any gun they receive -- lost ones, recovered stolen ones, etc. Those happen a lot more often than apprehending an offender in possession of a gun. 2. I wouldn't be too surprised if a few dealers account for a vastly disproportionate amount of traces, simply because they account for a disproportionate amount of sales. In my area, we have 3 fairly big dealers, a few dozen small ones and probably hundreds of very small ones. For quite some time, we had only one big dealer. 3. "Hundreds of violations" is typical of any dealer. I once counted the number of written entries you or a buyer makes per gun -- I think it was 42. If we figure irreducible human error at 1% (failing to note a box wasn't checked, etc.), that means one error per 2.5 sales, no matter how vigilant you are. And ATF writes them all up -- including failing to say "yes" to being a citizen, when up above the buyer gave his place of birth as in the US, and in some cases writing up putting down Y and N instead of the full yes and no. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
