I would need to see a citation for that one...
But also, illegal guns were legal guns until they were illegal. That already means limits on legal guns are also limits on illegal guns. But more importantly, violent people getting guns from friends or family members or whatever, which is exactly why we need gun registries and other ways to keep owners of legal guns accountable like SSJN said. That I could buy a gun within the hour (not an exaggeration) and just hand it or sell it to someone is completely fucked. Doing that is not a crime in my state; I have zero culpability, which is part of why the gun violence in neighboring areas (hi, Chicago) is so bad.
Conservatives LOVE to say, "BUT CHICAGO!" Yes, but Chicago! Where
60% (that's the majority, mathguys) of guns recovered in violent crimes are traced back to neighboring states, most of which have super lax gun laws and no regulation over transferring guns between private parties as in the situation above. 20% come from Indiana, which has some of the laxest gun regulations in the country (and again, no oversight or accountability re: transfer of guns between parties). And these are just the guns used by the people getting caught...
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