What some firearm owners think could solve gun violence in America:
-- especially if implemented without other gun safety measures.
obtained the firearm off the street or in the underground market, 25% got it from an individual, either from a friend or family member or as a gift, 10% purchased the firearm at a retail source like a gun store or pawn shop, 6% stole it and 17% obtained it in some"other" way such as finding it at the scene or the gun was brought by someone else.
"I was one of them, the way I used to think about gun violence and crime in cities ... The gun violence makes news all the time," Kemp said. But then he began"looking into things," he said."Everybody says Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, but Wisconsin right next to them has some of weakest gun laws, and Indiana has some of the weakest gun laws ... they feed firearms into Chicago.
In May, three Army service members stationed at Fort Campbell, on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky, were charged with the illegal purchase and transfer of dozens of firearms to Chicago. An investigation -- which began after Chicago police responded to a mass shooting incident and found five firearms at the scene from the Clarksville, Tennessee area -- found that the three soldiers had purchased more than 90 guns from federally licensed dealers in the region, most within five months.
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