[Right Scoop] The DOJ has released a new report indicating how guns were obtained by criminals who used them. The data comes from a 2016 survey of both state and federal prisons.One big highlight in the report shows that 90% of all guns used in crimes were NOT purchased legally:
Among prisoners who possessed a gun during their offense, 90% did not obtain it from a retail source.And of those prisoners who did purchase their guns legally, less than one percent came from a gun show:
Among prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense, 0.8% obtained it at a gun show.
But wait, I thought gun shows were bad? Hasn’t the DOJ ever heard of the ’gun show loophole’???
So only 10% of prisoners purchased their guns legally. Let that sink in for a moment.
Of that 90% that did not purchase a gun from a store, over half of them were stolen or purchased illegally: