It’s a very small statistical sample, from a very dubious source, but they make a point.
Hopefully their research is better than their knowledge of how to get a proper grip on a pistol.
Study Finds That Chicago Criminals Get Guns From Friends, Family
Not acquired from gun shows or online sales
(AP Photo/David Duprey)
(Free Beacon) – A survey conducted by researchers from Duke University and the University of Chicago found that Chicago criminals obtained their firearms almost exclusively from friends and family.
The survey, funded by the Joyce Foundation and set to be published in the October edition of Preventive Medicine, consisted of interviews with 99 inmates at Chicago’s Cook County Jail who had illegally possessed a gun within six months of their incarceration. It found that most criminals only acquired guns from people they knew and trusted.
“It is rare for offenders to buy from licensed dealers, and also rare for them to steal their guns,” the study says. “Rather, the predominant sources of guns to offenders are family, acquaintances, fellow gang members—which is to say, members of their social network.”
The study found that due to fears of encountering undercover police officers attempting sting operations, a large majority of the criminals surveyed would only make illegal gun purchases from people they knew…
“Only 2 of the 70 primary guns (3%) and no secondary guns were reported as purchased directly from a gun store.”
The survey also found that criminals preferred handguns by a wide margin.
…Additionally, the survey found that criminals kept their firearms for only a short period of time and had little knowledge of firearms.
The researchers noted that the findings may challenge what many believe about how criminals obtain firearms.
…“The University of Chicago Crime Lab survey said the same thing as the U.S. Bureau of Justice: Criminals get their guns from friends and family—not gun shows,” said Lars Dalseide, a spokesman for the NRA.
“This proves what we have said all along,” Alan Gottlieb, the founder of Second Amendment, told the Free Beacon. “Criminals don’t go through background checks to acquire a gun. They don’t buy them at gun stores, gun shows, or on the Internet. They get them from family, friends, and fellow gang members. Gun control laws only affect lawful gun owners.”
“Criminals don’t obey laws,” he said. “That’s why we call them criminals.”
3 thoughts on “WELL, DUH: New Study finds criminals don’t buy guns in stores”
You know this article reminds me of a story written back in 1934 0n why we had to have a tax on the sale of machine guns. The idea of the tax was to keep mobsters from buying Thompson machine guns.
However It seems that there is “NO” record of a gangster ever legally buying a Thompson machine gun.
In fact the record does show that the mobsters took the guns away from the police or bought them on the Black market.
So the whole idea of the 1934 tax actually applied to people with No desire to commit a crime.
Gun control laws are mans laws interfering with Gods laws
Gun control is people control, pure and simple.
Were any of these friends, family members and fellow gang members ever prosecuted for illegally supplying a firearm to a criminal?
You know this article reminds me of a story written back in 1934 0n why we had to have a tax on the sale of machine guns. The idea of the tax was to keep mobsters from buying Thompson machine guns.
However It seems that there is “NO” record of a gangster ever legally buying a Thompson machine gun.
In fact the record does show that the mobsters took the guns away from the police or bought them on the Black market.
So the whole idea of the 1934 tax actually applied to people with No desire to commit a crime.
Gun control laws are mans laws interfering with Gods laws
Gun control is people control, pure and simple.
Were any of these friends, family members and fellow gang members ever prosecuted for illegally supplying a firearm to a criminal?