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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (487651)	11/5/2003 4:44:55 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Ok this was hard to find, but I found some real statistics. From 1992-1998, Two-thirds of the 81 receipt and transfer offenses involving individuals other than prohibited persons and straw purchasers were private sales of firearms (THE GUN SHOW "LOOPHOLE"). Of these 81 defendants, 49% were charged with dealing in firearms without the required Federal license (18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(a)(1)(A)), and 19% were charged with unlawfully transferring a firearm (26 U.S.C. Sec. 5861(e)) (not shown in a table). In 10% of cases, the transaction underlying the Federal offense occurred at a gun show. On average, these cases involved 28 firearms; half involved 6 or fewer. While more than two-thirds of the cases concerned the transfer of handguns, these cases were more likely than those with prohibited persons or straw purchasers to involve shotguns or rifles (32%) and assault weapons (22%).

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