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Originally Posted by Ducay

I'm not really sure of the point you're trying to make, but I think I agree - ultimately the bulk of gun crimes (non-suicides) are with illegally obtained/stolen fireams. Sure there are tonnes and tonnes of cases of legally obtained and even registered firearms used for crimes & even the terrible mass shootings, but I'd suspect that pales in comparison to all the killings & gang violence committed on a daily/hourly basis with weapons that would never be in a million years be subject to the $25 fee.

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...-crime-rep-fa/

In the 13 states with the fewest restrictions on gun ownership, 40 percent of inmates illegally obtained the gun they used, Webster said. Only about 13 percent purchased the gun from a store or pawn shop.

In the other 37 states, including New York state, 60 percent of inmates illegally procured the gun they used, Webster said.

"If you look at the most stringent standards for legal gun ownership, it’s more like 65 percent," Webster said.
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About 48 percent of state prison inmates surveyed said they got the gun they used from a family member, friend, gun store, pawn shop, flea market, or gun show. Most states only require a background check if the purchase happens at a gun store, according to the Giffords Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Forty percent of state prison inmates admitted they obtained the gun illegally on the black market, from a drug dealer, or by stealing it.

Seems pretty equal actually?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...oters-weapons/

83 of the mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and November 2021 involved weapons which were obtained legally; a clear majority. Only 16 incidents involved guns that were obtained illegally.