Preventing Illegal Possession
Preventing Illegal Possession Evidence suggests that the vast majority of firearm crimes are committed by those who illegally possess the gun involved. Consequently, gun-rights advocacy supporters frequently claim there is no point in putting further restrictions on gun ownership since criminals will not follow the law and all you are doing is penalizing law-abiding gun owners. This is a very defeatist attitude implying that since it is difficult stopping criminals from obtaining firearms why even bother to try and stop them. As we shall see later in this post there are several ways in which it can be made more difficult for criminals to obtain firearms. Additionally, we will review the broader concept of illegal possession which is not just confined to criminals. So just how many firearm crimes involve illegal possession? The only federal data available was tracked in 2004 when the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveyed inmates in federal and state prisons, a...