Gun-control advocates have long asserted that 40 percent of gun - TopicsExpress



          

Gun-control advocates have long asserted that 40 percent of gun sales nationwide are made by private sellers and thus not subject to background checks. President Barack Obama cited the number last year, unsuccessfully urging Congress to pass a law mandating universal background checks. But that figure, which Colorado legislative analysts and CBI officials say was the best available for the basis of their estimation calculus, comes from a 1997 National Institute of Justice report that gun-rights activists criticize as inaccurate. thedenverchannel/news/local-news/ap-expanded-gun-sale-background-checks-in-colorado-led-to-fewer-reviews-than-expected
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:53:09 +0000

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