On 7/20/2015 7:55 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:36:35 -0400, Joe Gwinn
wrote:

In article , Ed Huntress
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:07:21 -0500, "David R. Birch"
wrote:
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Virtually all of them were purchased legally. You still haven't
addressed that.

Yes, a pistol is purchased legally in 1950, stolen in 2014, bought on
the street in 2014 and used in a crime in 2014. What's your point?

David

The point is that you aren't paying attention to the stats. According
to the FBI, the average time between a legal gun purchase and its use
in a crime is 2-1/2 years.

I assume that you are not claiming that all legally bought guns end up
in criminal hands within 2.5 years, although one can read the statement
that way.

Only if you're disposed to read it in the least logical way, Joe. The
situation obviously is a case of looking backward, from the use of a
gun in crime back to its source.

The first time I read it I saw it the same way he did. I don't think
I'll accept blame for you stating it poorly, especially since you are
usually more careful about how you state things.

David