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During several speeches, Obama has said 40 percent of all gun purchases
were made without a background check.
But that number is nearly two decades old and comes from a poll with a
relatively tiny sample size. Gun rights groups like the National Rifle
Association, as well as The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker,” are calling
out the president’s stat, saying his numbers on background checks need a
background check of their own.
During a speech last week, Obama asked, “Why wouldn’t we want to make
it more difficult for a dangerous person to get his or her hand on a gun?
Why wouldn’t we want to close the loophole that allows as many as 40
percent of all gun purchases to take place without a background check? Why
wouldn’t we do that?”
The oft-cited figure, it turns out, was pulled from a 1997 study done by
the National Institute of Justice. In the study, researchers estimated
about 40 percent of all firearm sales took place through people other than
licensed gun dealers. The conclusion was based on data from a 1994 survey of
2,568 households. Of those, only 251 people answered the question about
where they got their guns. |
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