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This is a hoot.

Brady background checks for 2006 - 8,209,900
Total number of convictions from felons trying to buy guns - 73

That's a whopping 0.00009%

I wonder if maybe, just maybe felons don't normally buy their guns from a retail store?

posted @ 12/27/2008 8:13:38 PM

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Linoge says:

on 12/27/2008 9:44:55 PM

And yet the Brady Bunch will continue to cling to that as one of their greatest victories... kind of says something about them.

Brigid says:

on 12/28/2008 6:41:28 AM

You think? :-)

I remember so well when the media got a hold of the Trick or Treater shot on Halloween. They sort of neglected to mention he was shot by an ex con with an illegal weapon and hit while attempting a candy stop at a former crack house.

Doesn't make it less tragic, but it'd be nice if just once, some publication would report the truth on gun statistics.

Shermlock Shomes says:

on 12/28/2008 9:15:58 AM

Ahh, but you discount the thousands upon thousands of would-be criminals who, confronted with the possibility of a background check, said, "Praise the Lord! I've found Jesus!", turned their backs on crime, and became upstanding citizens.

Thirdpower says:

on 12/28/2008 12:13:15 PM

America's Most Wanted has a higher rate and it's only on once a week.

Sevesteen says:

on 12/28/2008 8:32:57 PM

I'm not that concerned with the number of convictions compared to the total number of checks. What bothers me is the abysmally low number of convictions, or even investigations when compared to the total number of denials. Every deny should result in an investigation. If the denials are legit, most should result in an arrest. If the investigation shows the deny was not legit, it should cause whatever triggered the deny to be fixed.

Tom says:

on 12/29/2008 5:55:21 AM

8 million new entries into that "not a registration" database in the near future. :(

Murphy(AZ) says:

on 12/29/2008 1:26:09 PM

Stay away from retailers.
Always pay cash.
NEVER deal with the same parth twice.

TexasFred says:

on 12/29/2008 2:43:50 PM

I wonder if maybe, just maybe felons don't normally buy their guns from a retail store?

Yeah, but you'll NEVER convince the Brady Bunch and the moonbat gun grabbing libbers of that!!

Tom says:

on 12/30/2008 8:51:36 PM

That's why we NEED background checks for everyone, right? The criminals are bound to follow THAT law.

anon says:

on 12/31/2008 11:34:33 AM

If a penny saved is a penny earned...what is the Brady check?

If a typical background check takes 15 minutes (some come back in a few minutes, but it can takes several days)...while the buyer and seller sit around and wait:

That is 4,104,950 hours of law abiding citizens’ time wasted.

That’s 1,973.5 man-years of wasted time.

Jdude says:

on 1/5/2009 3:39:58 PM

Is there a way to sue or get standing and eliminate the entire system? No judge in America would allow a background check as a condition of not stationing a soldier in one's house, or before determining if someone is eligible to retain their right to remain silent or the trial by jury. An enumerated right cannot require a background check or permission of any kind.

So. How do we get standing?

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