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I certainly laud his efforts and wish him all the best. But for that effort to be truly "effective," I'd think he'd also have to declare war on all the other alphabet agencies at the same time... any of which could easily assume the responsibilities the ATF had, should they go away.

I think what it will really take (and a bit of a Herculean effort, I realize), is a philosophy change at those agencies. They would have to come to terms with the "lawful gun owner" and allow them to exist and go about their business. I doubt seriously that will happen in the remainder of my lifetime. Their whole mantra is "get guns off the streets. ONly LE and the other 'control' authorities should have them, in order to enforce control."

Remember, don't think :"Sandy Hook" or "Uvalde" or "Orlando (Pulse)". Think "Ruby Ridge." Think the "Bundy Ranch." That's what drives them.

 

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Where are these "guns on the streets???" I've never seen one! And if I ever do see one, I'm going to grab it!

C'Mon.... you know what I mean... "guns that are in a law abiding citizen's inventory."

It's really quite the STUPID euphemism. And, that's what it is... a euphemism designed to DEFLECT from the REAL problem which is guns in the hands of CRIMINALS. These bleeding heart morons don't want to recognize the criminal element as CRIMINALS, because in order to advance their agenda against Freedom, they NEED criminals to do criminal stuff.

Is that the real problem? Guns in the hands of "criminals?" I tend to believe that's not the problem as the alphabet agencies see it. Their greater concern is the number of guns now being owned/possessed by law abiding citizens! Like I said, don't think Sandy Hook or Uvalde. Think "Ruby Ridge." Think "Bundy Ranch." The agencies know they can't control the criminal element in society. Not now, at least. But they can control the law abiding side. And that's what all those bans and restrictions are for. They do nothing to stop crime. The only thing they stop are law abiding citizens. So, when I say, "Get guns off the streets," I mean out of the law abiding society. To the agencies, that's just as bad (if not worse) than them actually being "on the streets."

 

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About 29% of state and 36% of federal prisoners serving a sentence for a violent offense in 2016 possessed a firearm during the crime. About a quarter of state (23%) and federal (25%) prisoners serving time for a violent offense used a firearm during the crime.

As of this month there are 158,000 total in federal Inmates. Which would suggest nearly 57,000 criminals were able to attain a gun "on the streets" illegally. Given the numbers, there's certainly truth to the idea "guns on the streets" is a rather large problem. On the states side of things there's roughly 540,000 inmates. Suggesting another 156,000 or so who are doing time for gun violates [ all but a few doing time for using a gun in a crime ].

Add the two and we see roughly 213,000 in US prisons who used a firearm during the commision of a crime and got caught. Less that 1/2 of criminals get caught, which further suggests there could be well over nearly 1/2 million illegal gun carriers [ criminals ] in the US, maybe more.

500,000 "gun on the streets". I have run into a number of criminals carrying guns over my 28 years in a law enforcement capacity. There were 37899 robberies with a handgun in the United States in 2021. Every one of those victims have experienced "guns on the street" up close and personal.

I'm not saying that "guns literally on the streets" are not a problem. Of course, they are! I'm just saying, I don't think that those guns are the priority for the alphabet agencies.I think the priority are those owned by law abiding citizens.