Statement·other·said 2018-03-14
“Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2018-03-16Reasoning
Booker's figures match a 2000 ATF report on 1998 crime-gun traces, but the data is nearly two decades old, ATF no longer uses it to evaluate current trends, and it ignores guns changing hands.
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