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“Out of the 76,142 initial denials in the federal system only 44 individuals were prosecuted and only 13 were convicted of illegally trying to purchase a gun when they were prohibited from doing so,” Lott explained, adding, “As if that wasn't bad enough, those convicted were hardly what one would call dangerous criminals — usually people with relatively trivial records from years earlier that didn’t realize their offense was covered.”
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OmecD 10 years, 8 months ago
Surprise surprise surprise. Next we will hear how a federal gun registration will help.
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cjcs 10 years, 8 months ago
I'm generally pretty anti-gun-control, but I think this article is a little misleading. The law isn't about prosecuting people, it's about preventing those ineligible from purchasing. The report claims to have blocked 2.1 million firearm purchases in the last 20 years, this is the number we should be looking at, not, "how many people who tried to buy a gun had an outstanding warrant".
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cjcs 10 years, 8 months ago
I stand corrected, meant to use the federal denial figure of 76,142. Still, I stand by conviction/arrest rate not being an important part of this policy's intention.
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