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Lovely. He claims it's 2000 firearms per day, so more than 700000 per year. A 2013 article puts the number at around 250000[1]. Time for a war on firearms, mayb

by morsch 10y ago

Lovely. He claims it's 2000 firearms per day, so more than 700000 per year. A 2013 article puts the number at around 250000[1]. Time for a war on firearms, maybe? [1] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24746863.html http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24...

yAnonymous 10y ago
>2000 firearms per day, so more than 700000 per year Someone should tell them that firearms can be reloaded...
- hackermailman 10y ago
  There's a large blackmarket in Mexico for firearms not all of these are going exclusively to cartels they sell them at 2-3x the price to whoever locally. Same in Canada, weapons smuggling is rampant because US truck drivers can stop off in a state that has no maximum buy limits and get a dozen handguns to sell at double the price once they cross the border.
  - erghw4u34567 10y ago
    Unless that truck driver is a resident of the state in question, no, they can't. Handguns can't be purchased unless you are a legal resident of the state. This applies to every state in the US.
    - CapitalistCartr 10y ago
      Only in theory. Here in Florida, the traffic in undocumented firearms is huge. Websites for selling, flea markets, gun shows every month, etc. Most states are similar. --NRA member
      - bmelton 10y ago
        Perhaps the parent should have added a "legally" to his statement, but out of state handgun sales violate federal law unless they're done through a federally licensed firearms dealer.
1_2__3 10y ago
Is the US even manufacturing non-military firearms at a rate sufficient for 2k/day to slip out through smuggling? That seems extraordinarily unlikely.
- ceejayoz 10y ago
  There are more guns in the US than residents. 2k/day is peanuts.
  - JoeAltmaier 10y ago
    ...except these are going to a very small group of people? And very likely not collectors or hunters.
    - bfuller 10y ago
      in texas you can go on armslist.com and buy guns from individuals in a face to face sale. The only paper trail is your contact through armslist. no doubt they are taking advantage of this as well as having mules to legally buy the firearms.
- runako 10y ago
  The number of background checks should roughly track non-military firearm sales. There were 2.4m of those in March 2017 per the FBI [1]. (No, this doesn't speak directly to your question about manufacturing levels, but this does roughly track how many firearms are available for transfer.) So yeah, there are more than enough guns in America to support this level of smuggling. 1 - https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year.pdf/view https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_mo...
- bmelton 10y ago
  Beretta, who currently supplies the standard issue M9A1 handgun for the US Marine Corps, considers their military sales to be approximately 2% of total gross, so they're definitely doing more in civilian sales than military.

by morsch 10y ago

yAnonymous 10y ago

>2000 firearms per day, so more than 700000 per year Someone should tell them that firearms can be reloaded...

hackermailman 10y ago
There's a large blackmarket in Mexico for firearms not all of these are going exclusively to cartels they sell them at 2-3x the price to whoever locally. Same in Canada, weapons smuggling is rampant because US truck drivers can stop off in a state that has no maximum buy limits and get a dozen handguns to sell at double the price once they cross the border.
- erghw4u34567 10y ago
  Unless that truck driver is a resident of the state in question, no, they can't. Handguns can't be purchased unless you are a legal resident of the state. This applies to every state in the US.
  - CapitalistCartr 10y ago
    Only in theory. Here in Florida, the traffic in undocumented firearms is huge. Websites for selling, flea markets, gun shows every month, etc. Most states are similar. --NRA member
    - bmelton 10y ago
      Perhaps the parent should have added a "legally" to his statement, but out of state handgun sales violate federal law unless they're done through a federally licensed firearms dealer.

1_2__3 10y ago

Is the US even manufacturing non-military firearms at a rate sufficient for 2k/day to slip out through smuggling? That seems extraordinarily unlikely.

ceejayoz 10y ago
There are more guns in the US than residents. 2k/day is peanuts.
- JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  ...except these are going to a very small group of people? And very likely not collectors or hunters.
  - bfuller 10y ago
    in texas you can go on armslist.com and buy guns from individuals in a face to face sale. The only paper trail is your contact through armslist. no doubt they are taking advantage of this as well as having mules to legally buy the firearms.
runako 10y ago
The number of background checks should roughly track non-military firearm sales. There were 2.4m of those in March 2017 per the FBI [1]. (No, this doesn't speak directly to your question about manufacturing levels, but this does roughly track how many firearms are available for transfer.) So yeah, there are more than enough guns in America to support this level of smuggling. 1 - https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year.pdf/view https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_mo...
bmelton 10y ago
Beretta, who currently supplies the standard issue M9A1 handgun for the US Marine Corps, considers their military sales to be approximately 2% of total gross, so they're definitely doing more in civilian sales than military.