Apr 6, 2023 · Over 70% of crime guns that the ATF traced were obtained from a dealer. A report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reveals that traced crime guns — guns later used in crimes — that originated from gun shows increased by …

Apr 5, 2024 · WASHINGTON — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren't required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to...

Feb 10, 2023 · The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released a major report that details how stolen guns and emerging technology like "ghost guns" play a factor in gun violence in the U.S.

4 hours ago · Pennsylvania State Police say they arrested a Lancaster County man for the illegal possession of 11 firearms.Troopers said 43-year-old Ronald Laughman Jr. was previously convicted of robbery ...

Feb 27, 2018 · U.S. Rep. John Faso says he opposes some gun-control measures because they target the wrong people. Laws that limit the rights of law-abiding gun owners don’t make sense because most gun...

Apr 5, 2024 · WASHINGTON — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to...

Apr 5, 2024 · Unlicensed dealers illegally trafficked some 68,000 guns from 2017-2021 -- more than half the total of such guns in that span -- and they were used in 368 shootings, federal officials say.

Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations.

Guns enter illegal commerce through one of three ways. By private transactions in which guns bought and later sold at gun shows, flea markets, or through private sales to prohibited persons. By straw purchasers who are individuals who buy guns from dealers and transfer them to the prohibited persons.

Apr 8, 2024 · The third volume of the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA), a four-part, examination of commerce in firearms and the diversion of firearms to illegal markets was released last week.