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Title: The Gun Lobby’s Claim That Less Than 1% of Crime Guns Come From Gun Shows

Publication Date: January 2007

What does it say?

Opponents of gun show regulation often claim that gun shows are not a source of crime guns, citing a Department of Justice survey from 1997. This fact sheet explains why the “less than 1% of guns come from gun shows” number is misleading and vastly underestimates the role of gun shows in supplying guns to criminals.

How can I use it?

Include this fact sheet in packets of material to friendly legislators working to close the gun show loophole and other allies so they can be well prepared to push back on this common gun lobby argument about gun shows.

Citation

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence & Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, Debunking a Myth: The Gun Lobby’s Claim That Less Than 1% of Crime Guns Come From Gun Shows (Washington, DC: 2007)