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Once the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, get involved, and they have a story like this, say goodbye to some of your gun right's. N.C. a top 10 gun supplier for crimes elsewhere
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
(Updated 6:55 am)
By Ryan Seals
Staff Writer
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Margaret Baxter (News & Record)
North Carolina is among the top 10 states for guns sold here and used in crimes elsewhere, according to a report from a national group of mayors.
The state placed No. 8 for the most guns originally sold here but used in a crime and recovered elsewhere, according to a study by Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
The study, based on 2009 statistics provided by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, showed that 10 states accounted for nearly 21,000 guns or almost 49 percent of guns connected to crimes in other states.
The study found top-tier states for gun exports were found to have the most lenient gun control laws, suggesting “criminals and gun traffickers may favor certain states as the sources of guns.”
The bureau traced more than 145,000 guns used in crimes in 2009.
Of those, more than 43,000 of the weapons were originally sold in another state.
North Carolina accounted for 1,775 of the guns. Georgia was first on the list with 2,781 exported guns.
States were also ranked by the number of crime guns exported per 100,000 residents. North Carolina exported 18.9 crime guns per 100,000 people, ranking No. 20 overall, slightly above the national average of 14.1 guns exported per 100,000 residents.
Laws found to be effective elsewhere but not in place in North Carolina include:
* Enabling local prosecution and jail time for people who falsify information on gun background checks
* Granting local law enforcement discretion to deny concealed carry permits; prohibiting gun possession for some serious misdemeanors
* Requiring lost or stolen guns to be reported to law enforcement
* Local control of gun regulations.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence released a report earlier this year that also analyzed North Carolina and found the state to have weak laws to stop gun trafficking.
The report gave the state low marks in a 2009 test rating of the strength of gun laws.
“Since North Carolina does not require (a federal) criminal background checks on all firearm sales, including those at gun shows, gun traffickers don’t need to leave the state to funnel illegal guns to felons and gang members,” said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, in a February news release on that group’s study.
“North Carolina officials have done nothing in the past year to stop the flow of illegal guns within the state, including strengthening laws that allow dangerous people to walk into gun shows and buy guns, like AK-47s, without background checks.”
Contact Ryan Seals at 373-7077 or ryan.seals@news-record.com
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
(Updated 6:55 am)
By Ryan Seals
Staff Writer
Accompanying Photos
[Image accompanying article]
Margaret Baxter (News & Record)
North Carolina is among the top 10 states for guns sold here and used in crimes elsewhere, according to a report from a national group of mayors.
The state placed No. 8 for the most guns originally sold here but used in a crime and recovered elsewhere, according to a study by Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
The study, based on 2009 statistics provided by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, showed that 10 states accounted for nearly 21,000 guns or almost 49 percent of guns connected to crimes in other states.
The study found top-tier states for gun exports were found to have the most lenient gun control laws, suggesting “criminals and gun traffickers may favor certain states as the sources of guns.”
The bureau traced more than 145,000 guns used in crimes in 2009.
Of those, more than 43,000 of the weapons were originally sold in another state.
North Carolina accounted for 1,775 of the guns. Georgia was first on the list with 2,781 exported guns.
States were also ranked by the number of crime guns exported per 100,000 residents. North Carolina exported 18.9 crime guns per 100,000 people, ranking No. 20 overall, slightly above the national average of 14.1 guns exported per 100,000 residents.
Laws found to be effective elsewhere but not in place in North Carolina include:
* Enabling local prosecution and jail time for people who falsify information on gun background checks
* Granting local law enforcement discretion to deny concealed carry permits; prohibiting gun possession for some serious misdemeanors
* Requiring lost or stolen guns to be reported to law enforcement
* Local control of gun regulations.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence released a report earlier this year that also analyzed North Carolina and found the state to have weak laws to stop gun trafficking.
The report gave the state low marks in a 2009 test rating of the strength of gun laws.
“Since North Carolina does not require (a federal) criminal background checks on all firearm sales, including those at gun shows, gun traffickers don’t need to leave the state to funnel illegal guns to felons and gang members,” said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, in a February news release on that group’s study.
“North Carolina officials have done nothing in the past year to stop the flow of illegal guns within the state, including strengthening laws that allow dangerous people to walk into gun shows and buy guns, like AK-47s, without background checks.”
Contact Ryan Seals at 373-7077 or ryan.seals@news-record.com
