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Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)

5. Then deduct the numbers of firearms seized and destroyed each year by law enforcement.

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:42 PM

Oct 2015

Last edited Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:09 PM - Edit history (1)

NICS data is not an accurate gauge of gun sales.

Not all background checks result in gun sales and checks are also used for other purposes, such as permit-issuing/renewal.

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How many guns are in America? [View all] SecularMotion Oct 2015 OP

one of the biggest? gejohnston Oct 2015 #1

Well, it IS the brady bunch... beevul Oct 2015 #2

From the falling gun-death rates, it seems less of a "public health issue." Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #3

Easy enough to know how many new ones are sold a year - FBI jmg257 Oct 2015 #4

Then deduct the numbers of firearms seized and destroyed each year by law enforcement. SecularMotion Oct 2015 #5

Sometimes multiple sales occur with a single background check, too. N/T beevul Oct 2015 #6

Wow - so they want to know EXACTLY how many guns there are?? jmg257 Oct 2015 #8

How many guns are destroyed by LEO each year? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #11

Not enough SecularMotion Oct 2015 #12

The trade groups for the firearm industry thank you for your position krispos42 Oct 2015 #19

Too many ileus Oct 2015 #13

Correction. Straw Man Oct 2015 #15

It's fixed. I copied the typo from the post I replied to. SecularMotion Oct 2015 #16

Interesting. Straw Man Oct 2015 #17

"...1996 ban on federal funding for firearms research..." beevul Oct 2015 #7

It had the same effect as a ban SecularMotion Oct 2015 #9

yet better research is being done by the DoJ's gejohnston Oct 2015 #10

And people, right here on DU... beevul Oct 2015 #14

Oh, SecMo, you and I have been through this before krispos42 Oct 2015 #18

As best I can figure, there are a bit more than 600,000,000... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2015 #20