More than 50,000 guns connected to crimes were recovered by New York law enforcement between 2010 and 2015. Of the 46,514 whose source could be traced, the report finds that 74 percent originated out of state. In NYC, where gun laws are tighter, that proportion was 87 percent. <\/p>\n
The report compiles data on those guns\u2019 histories. Such data has been sorely limited by the NRA and gun rights lobby \u2014 as with much research into guns. What is the NRA afraid of finding out? Limits on research and gun data block solutions to our national crisis of gun violence, particularly the vast majority involving handguns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Somehow, gathering data will solve the problem. I could have told the State’s Attorney’s Office that out of state guns are the problem, since ownership of guns in New York is so restricted and since legal gun owners don’t normally commit crimes. But they have to find a way to blame the NRA. So what do the liberals think will solve the problem? More laws;<\/p>\n
The report estimates some 20 percent of guns with known time lines were brought to New York with the intention that they be sold illegally. The State Legislature could pass a \u201ckingpin bill\u201d to increase penalties on traffickers. But solutions must be national to block the flow of guns from states such as Virginia and Georgia along the I-95 \u201cIron Pipeline\u201d corridor. That means a federal gun-trafficking law, universal background checks and no gun-show loopholes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Can we stop calling it the “Gunshow Loophole”? There is no such thing. Buying guns at a gun show from a Federal Firearms Licensed dealer still requires a background check. What the gun-grabbers want to regulate is the “Private Sales Loophole”. They want background checks for folks who transfer guns at a yard sale.<\/p>\n
Criminals don’t care about laws, that’s why they’re criminals. They won’t stop dealing guns because of kingpin laws, they won’t engage in background checks. The only people who want more laws, who think that laws work, are legislators. When you’re a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Despite more restrictive gun laws in New York, gun violence has increased in New York City. But, hey, at least everyone feels safer, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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