A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request from USA TODAY, offered a glimpse of which Gun Shops sell the most Firearms that end up used in Crimes.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) provided the List of more than 1,300 Shops, targeted by an enhanced Regulatory Program.
Those Shops have sold more than 25 Firearms traced in a year, with a “time to crime” of less than Three years.
The Gun Violence Prevention Group Brady, has a “Code of Conduct” it encourages Licensed Gun Shops to follow.
Among other things, it urges Shops to prevent Illegal Firearm Trafficking and to:
- Forbid Cell Phone usage, which can be a Signal the True Purchaser is directing the Sale.
- Match the Name on the Credit Card used at Purchase and the Name on the 4473 Background Check Form Match.
- Add Surveillance to spot Cash Exchanges in the Parking Lot.
- Increase Training for Employees.
- Limit Handgun Purchases to One per Transaction and any Firearm Purchases to One per Month.
- Require Locking-Up Gun Inventories Overnight.
None of Measures are currently Mandatory under Federal Law.
Among the more than 1,300 Outlets targeted in 2023 by the ATF are many of the largest Sellers: Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s, Rural King, Sportsman’s Warehouse, along with some less well-known Stores, such as Town Guns in Richmond, VA. and Ammo Bros in Ontario, CA.
Gun Stores connected to recent High Profile Mass Shootings also appear:
- River City Firearms in Louisville, which sold the AR-15 style Rifle used to Kill Five People and Injure several others last Spring.
- Bud’s Guns in Lexington, Ky., which Sold the Rifle used in the Highland Park 4th of July Shooting that Killed Seven and Injured 30 others.
Bass Pro Shops in Denver, which sold a Glock Handgun and a Remington Shotgun, involved in the Mass Shooting at an Aurora Theater nearly 12 years ago, appeared on the most recent Version of the List as well.
CLICK HERE for ATF National Tracing Center.
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