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Gun Control & RKBA

krispos42

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4. How many crime guns are untraceable?

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 06:00 PM

Nov 2019

In the sense that the path from their legitimate, tracked, registered purchase date and location to their discovery at a a crime scene, how many of those are traceable?

For the career criminal, I'll bet it's damn few.

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Cross post: LBN - Teen used 'ghost gun' in California high school shooting [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 OP

Two cases near me (MA) show that ghost guns are now far past the 'zip gun' stage: friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #1

Australia solved their gun problems discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #2

Heh: "(Victoria) Police set sights on faster reloading guns" friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #3

I guess it's tough not to get hooked on the machinery discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #5

How many crime guns are untraceable? krispos42 Nov 2019 #4

It bothers me that money is spent no regulations that won't help... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #6

But it triggers gun owners! krispos42 Nov 2019 #7