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Gryff
12-07-2008, 09:50 PM
The Mayors Against Illegal Guns released their list of the top states "responsible for the bulk of illegal guns that are shipped across state lines for use in crimes."

About 30 percent of guns traced by federal agents in 2006 and 2007 during crime investigations were bought in a state other than where the crime occurred, said the report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which largely blamed the transport of illegal guns on states with lax gun laws.

For 2007, the top sources for guns used in crimes elsewhere were Georgia, Florida, Texas, Virginia, California, Ohio, North Carolina, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Alabama.

Admittedly, the report does say that the list is different when factoring in per capita statistics, but those early paragraphs gave me a chuckle.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_us/illegal_guns_3
dreyna14
12-07-2008, 10:15 PM
So, I guess we have to make the illegal transportation and sale of illegally-obtained firearms sold to those prohibited from owning them MORE illegal. I'm telling you, it's not illegal enough :rolleyes:

If CA has "lax" gun laws, then I have a 14-inch...
alex00
12-07-2008, 10:22 PM
If CA has "lax" gun laws, then I have a 14-inch......barrel on your rifle? Better send that to Chicago so their statistics don't drop off. ;)
dw33b
12-07-2008, 10:25 PM
So, I guess we have to make the illegal transportation and sale of illegally-obtained firearms sold to those prohibited from owning them MORE illegal. I'm telling you, it's not illegal enough :rolleyes:

If CA has "lax" gun laws, then I have a 14-inch...

I hope that thing is registered...
Librarian
12-07-2008, 11:51 PM
The Mayors Against Illegal Guns released their list of the top states "responsible for the bulk of illegal guns that are shipped across state lines for use in crimes."



Admittedly, the report does say that the list is different when factoring in per capita statistics, but those early paragraphs gave me a chuckle.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_us/illegal_guns_3

That's funny - Brady (http://www.stategunlaws.org/viewstate.php?st=CA&choose_state=Go) ( :puke: alert!) ranks CA best in the US for gun laws.
Captain Evilstomper
12-08-2008, 12:35 AM
who was it that said that statistics can mean whatever you want them to mean at any time?
Juicymeat
12-08-2008, 12:42 AM
IIRC that was Paul Helmke on the recent NPR debate.
MP301
12-08-2008, 05:13 AM
California among the staes with lax gun laws?:rofl2:
bohoki
12-08-2008, 10:29 AM
California among the staes with lax gun laws?:rofl2:


well according to them if you can get a gun legally then your state has "lax" gun laws
tombinghamthegreat
12-08-2008, 07:30 PM
That's funny - Brady (http://www.stategunlaws.org/viewstate.php?st=CA&choose_state=Go) ( :puke: alert!) ranks CA best in the US for gun laws.

They seem to defeat their own arguments.