title:
Trace the guns : the link between gun laws and interstate gun trafficking : a report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
publisher:
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-08
date:
Record created: 2010-12-02
date:
Modified: Sat Sep 25 01:46:03 EDT 2010
date:
2010
description:
September 2010. Includes bibliographical references: p. 36-42.
description:
Extent: 42 p. : col. ill., col. maps (digital, PDF file)
description:
Abstract: Every year, tens of thousands of guns make their way into the hands of criminals through illegal trafficking channels. These firearms contribute to the more than 12,000 gun murders in the United States each year. This report seeks to explain where crime guns originate, where they are recovered in crimes, and whether state gun laws help curb the flow of these illegal weapons. Taken together, this report seeks to present a comprehensive analysis of gun trafficking patterns throughout the United States. It finds that in 2009 just ten states supplied nearly half of the guns crossing state lines before being recovered in crimes -- Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The report finds a strong association between a state's gun laws and a state's propensity to export crime guns, and concludes that certain gun laws are an important component in reducing criminal access to\n firearms.
subject:
Illegal arms transfers--United States--Statistics
subject:
Illegal arms transfers--United States--Prevention
subject:
Gun control--United States
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--West Virginia
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Virginia
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--South Carolina
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Nevada
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Mississippi
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Kentucky
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Indiana
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Georgia
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Alaska
subject:
Firearms--Law and legislation--Alabama
subject:
Crime prevention--United States
relation:
OCLC No.: 671004105
relation:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Reader.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
type:
PDF-1.4
source:
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/trace_the_guns_report.pdf
language:
eng
rights:
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identifier:
trace_the_guns_report
