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He talked about ATF's recent figures that reveal licensed gun dealers "lost" over 30,000 firearms from their inventories in 2007.

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Recent data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reveals that gun dealers “lost” an average of 82 firearms every day last year – a total of more than 30,000 guns that vanished without a trace from gun shops in 2007. Corrupt gun dealers frequently use claims of “lost” guns to hide illegal off-the-book sales to criminals. Firearms that disappear from shops are trafficked by gun traffickers and are a gold mine for criminals because there are no sales records that would allow these guns to be traced.

One example of such a dealer who exploited weak federal gun laws is Sandy Abrams who owned Valley Gun shop in Baltimore, Maryland. He was cited for more than 900 violations of federal gun laws and failed to account for 422 guns missing from his shop – one-quarter of his store’s inventory. He had over 483 firearms traced to crimes including 11 homicides. Despite his abysmal record, Abrams stayed in business for years. During this same time, Abrams was on the Board of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Abrams continued selling guns after his license was finally revoked, and pled guilty this year to selling an assault weapon to a criminal who shot at police.

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