WASHINGTON, DC (WKYT) - Gun owners from across the country traveled to DC this week to urge the Obama administration to strengthen gun laws. The MoveOn.org Gun Owners for Gun Control organization had a delegation of 15 meet with White House officials and respective Congressmen from their states.

A few gun owners are working to make it more difficult for Americans to get guns. Grant Short, from Paint Lick, KY, says he loves owning guns, but he also says it is wrong that any person that wants to can walk into a gun show and purchase a firearm with cash. He wants to work with the Obama administration to change that.

"I just don’t think people are fully aware of how big that loophole is and how many criminals take advantage of it,” said Short.

The NRA arms terrorists and murderers, tells fools to call it freedom, and laughs all the way to the bank.

Bacchus wrote:I would want to know first how many criminals DO purchase guns at gun shows and then commit crimes with them.

CDFingers wrote:To determine whether UBC will result in wholesale confiscations, we have to look at the states who have it and see how much confiscation has gone on.

Confiscation is the only real argument against UBC. Yes: it costs money. This is a legitimate premise to address. However, I think the "confiscation" thing is a snipe hunt. It has been, however, wildly successful in derailing UBC.

Again: look at the states where it exists and arrive at a conclusion.

CDFingers

BKinzey wrote:The point is if Background Checks work in the manner desired. There are 17 states with background checks. Is there a significant reduction in violent crime there?

SilasSoule wrote:ATF says straw purchasers, corrupt gun dealers are biggest suppliers of firearms to criminals.

"ATF officials say that only about 8% of the nation's 124,000 retail gun dealers sell the majority of handguns that are used in crimes."
Hot Guns: How criminals get guns
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline ... /guns.html

BKinzey wrote:

SilasSoule wrote:ATF says straw purchasers, corrupt gun dealers are biggest suppliers of firearms to criminals.

"ATF officials say that only about 8% of the nation's 124,000 retail gun dealers sell the majority of handguns that are used in crimes."
Hot Guns: How criminals get guns
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline ... /guns.html

And of those 8%, how many of them are in high crime cities? You know that California, Arizona, and Texas lead in firearms that end up in Mexico. Location, location, location, does have an affect.

If the ATF were tossed into the mix I wonder where they would show up?