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Old 01-04-2016, 02:22 AM  
Paul Markham
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Where and how do criminals buy guns?

frontline: hot guns: "How Criminals Get Guns" | PBS

Shocking study: criminals generally don?t buy guns legally at gun shops « Hot Air

https://www.nraila.org/articles/2015...-legal-sources

The only conclusion is that with a country awash with firearms, criminals have no need to expose themselves to the authorities. Much the same in the EU. Laws don't stop criminals supply drugs, nor from blowing up planes. That's why police are there to protect us from people with no respect of the laws.

Criminals aren't the target for this law, it's aimed at reducing these.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...States#2010 s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...-four-year-old

http://www.shootingtracker.com/wiki/Main_Page

How many of these people were criminals before they grabbed a gun and decided it was going to solve anything? Would the time from the rage to getting a gun. Be a factor in the number of innocent lives lost?

Sadly some still think all it takes to be a Dirty Harry character is a gun.
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