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Coalition Releases Landmark Report: Trace the Guns
The gun show loophole must be closed.
Increase ATF funding and enforce the federal trafficking laws that are on the books.
When your 2nd Amendment rights directly effect my personal safety, then the federal government must get off it's duff and do something.
Stop seeing gun regs as a third rail and begin a reasonable bipartisan discussion on how to keep people safe. I don't want to take your guns away. I just don't want your legally purchased handgun to wind up in my city in the hands of a criminal.
If you want to prevent government from over-regulating, then the NRA should come to the table with suggestions. Show sympathy for innocent victims of illegal handguns and then purpose an industry-funded rededication to responsibility and safety. Be smart and get out in front of the issue. The Mayors aren't going to go away. And from a PR standpoint, gun violence gets more media play than a customer turned away from a gun show.
Report Confirms that States with Weakest Gun Laws are the Top Sources of Guns Recovered in Out-of-State Crimes
Ten States - Mississippi, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alaska, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Nevada, and Georgia - Continue to Supply Interstate Crime Guns at the Highest Rates and New "Time-to-Crime" Data Confirm These States Source a Greater Proportion of Guns Likely to Have Been Illegally Trafficked
The bi-partisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns today released, Trace the Guns: the Link Between Gun Laws and Interstate Gun Trafficking, a report analyzing 2009 crime gun trace data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The report, which examines previously unreleased data provided by ATF to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, shows that states with weak gun laws are disproportionately the top sources of guns recovered in out-of-state crimes. The report shows that states with weak gun laws disproportionately supply guns recovered in out-of-state crimes. In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the report also finds that that states with weak gun laws are a source of a greater proportion of guns recovered in crimes shortly after their initial purchase -- a measure considered by ATF to be a key indicator of illegal trafficking. The report is available at http://www.tracetheguns.org/report.pdf.
The gun show loophole must be closed.
Increase ATF funding and enforce the federal trafficking laws that are on the books.
To understand why some states supply more interstate crime guns, the coalition's report examined the relationship between state gun laws designed to deter illegal firearms trafficking and a state's export rate and guns with a short time-to-crime. The ten gun laws examined were: (1) state criminal penalties for straw purchasers; (2) state criminal penalties for falsifying purchaser information; (3) state criminal penalties for failing to conduct dealer background checks; (4) background checks for all handgun sales at gun shows; (5) purchase permits for all handgun sales; (6) gun possession by violent misdemeanants; (7) local law enforcement discretion to deny concealed carry permits; (8) reporting lost or stolen guns to law enforcement; (9) local control of firearms regulation; and (10) state inspections of gun dealers.
When your 2nd Amendment rights directly effect my personal safety, then the federal government must get off it's duff and do something.
Stop seeing gun regs as a third rail and begin a reasonable bipartisan discussion on how to keep people safe. I don't want to take your guns away. I just don't want your legally purchased handgun to wind up in my city in the hands of a criminal.
If you want to prevent government from over-regulating, then the NRA should come to the table with suggestions. Show sympathy for innocent victims of illegal handguns and then purpose an industry-funded rededication to responsibility and safety. Be smart and get out in front of the issue. The Mayors aren't going to go away. And from a PR standpoint, gun violence gets more media play than a customer turned away from a gun show.