You're basing this on a conjecture of a single person with no credentials in the field?
"According to Brandon Maddox, a South Dakota Federal Firearm License-holder who helps businesses – including kitchen-table dealers – obtain licenses, 60 percent of gun dealers in the country operate out of their homes."
Do you have any actual references to ATF reports about the percentages of FFLs who are home based?
Do you have any data that shows what percentages of home based FFLs fail to record sales and inventory properly?
The FBI did.
Why would this matter? If a gun is stolen, it doesn't matter where the buy legally purchased it.
the majority of sellers at gun shows are FFLs who are required by federal law to process these sales just like any sale in their normal place of business.
You should tell the FBI. Their data comes from interviews by professional interrogators of the criminals who acquired the guns. The 42% that came from the black market, the 6% stolen, etc; none of those were recorded either. Did you understand the FBI report?
The FBI noted that 0.8% of guns acquired by criminals came from gun shows. The number of actual sales at a gun show has nothing to do with the FBI data.
You should tell the FBI.
”Do you have any actual references to ATF reports about the percentages of FFLs who are home based?”
I guess you didn’t read the first paragraph, wherein it stated:
“In 1990, an ATF study of the top sellers of guns linked to Detroit crime scenes found that home-based sellers occupied six of the 10 top spots, including first and second. By 1993, 74 percent of all dealers operated out of their homes, the agency estimated.”
As for the entire country:
“Congress wrapped higher fees and stricter regulations into the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, raising license fees from $30 to $200. That change acted as a deterrent: Within five years, the ATF said, about half of dealers operated out of their homes.”
(see 20th para):
Home-Based Gun Dealers Fail ATF Inspections Nationwide (thetrace.org)
“Do you have any data that shows what percentages of home based FFLs fail to record sales and inventory properly?”
“Home-based gun sellers, who hold a majority of all gun shop licenses and regularly fail to record their sales and inventory properly, fail to perform background checks on buyers and sell off premises in places they, by law, should not, face some of the strictest penalties from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and are often linked to incidences of mass gun violence,
reports USA Today.”
“The FBI did”
“Why would this matter? If a gun is stolen, it doesn't matter where the buy legally purchased it.”
I already gave you the evidence to support the fact that you can’t tell the original source of the gun in question. That the dude in prison says he bought it from Joe Blow, a private sale, not from a gun show, does not mean Joe didn’t buy it from a gun show or stole it from a neighbor. I did give evidence that it could likely be just as not. The FBI cannot confirm origination.
At a gun show, you don’t know of illegally purchased guns. You only know the ones that were legally purchased.
“the majority of sellers at gun shows are FFLs who are required by federal law to process these sales just like any sale in their normal place of business.”
And the evidence shows that you don’t know what % are legal transaction. Evidence is that many of FFL sales at storefronts aren’t legal. Logic would be that it would be a higher % at gun shows.
“You should tell the FBI. Their data comes from interviews by professional interrogators of the criminals who acquired the guns. The 42% that came from the black market, the 6% stolen, etc; none of those were recorded either. Did you understand the FBI report?”
Again, the FBI cannot confirm origination. What ends up in the criminal’s hand originated from any number of sources than was given in answer in the study. Do you understand that?
“The FBI noted that 0.8% of guns acquired by criminals came from gun shows. The number of actual sales at a gun show has nothing to do with the FBI data.”
The fact of origination already calls into question the FBI data as explained. According to the rules, it is less likely a buyer will have a background check run at a gun show. In fact, you can find out from the seller if a check will be run. Use logic.
“You should tell the FBI.”
They already know. It was from advisory FBI statement they admitted to the unreliability of drawing opiniated conclusion based on FBI stats.
