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DOJ Study: Gun Control Laws Won't Work Because Criminals Get Their Guns Illegally

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Mac Slavo

According to Fox 5, the findings based on the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI), discovered that about 1 in 5 or 21% of all state and federal prisoners reported they had "possessed or carried a firearm when they committed the offense for which they were serving time in prison." The survey released by the DOJ this month declared that criminals unsurprisingly rely on the black market for their guns. 

According to the study, an estimated 287,400 prisoners has possessed a firearm during their offense. The findings concluded 6 percent had stolen the weapon, 7 percent found it at a crime scene and 43 percent obtained it off the street or on the black market. More than 25 percent had received it from a family member or friend, or as a gift.


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