Reply #15: Gee, funny you bring that up

[MrBenchley]

"Dealers who dropped out of the gun selling market tended to be low-volume sellers, while dealers who remained in business after FFL reforms (30% of pre-reforms retail market) sold two thirds of guns recovered by police as a part of criminal investigations. So although the federal licensing reforms pushed 70% of FFL gun dealers out of the gun-selling arena, drops in crime across the nation may have been largely unrelated. "

In other words, the gun industry is a corrupt mess that sells guns to criminals.