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In reply to the discussion: Gun interests WANT criminals to have guns [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)14,000,000 new firearms sold annually in the US.
84,000 diverted from legal to illegal commerce (let's assume for the sake of argument that they were all new)
84,000 ÷ 14,000,000 = 0.006
0.006 x 100 = 0.6%.
Maximum, because I assumed all 84k were new guns. The more that are used, the smaller that number becomes.
The very definition of a fraction of a percent.
Your side freaking about about guns and demanding political action drives gun sales up 20% or more.
If I was the gun companies, I'd be supporting getting your side as much TV time as possible. Far easier, and far more profitable, than somehow counting on straw purchases to increase or more guns getting stolen.
And the way you want the guns collected in your gun-buyback programs destroyed? Man, I'd support that, too, if I was a gun manufacturer!