Paul deCausemacker

Background-check statistic: old and outdated

First off, I would like to comment on the statistic that 40 percent of gun sales are done without background checks.

This number came from a survey of around 250 people done 20 years ago, before background checks were even required. To continue the use of this discredited statistic shows that no real research has gone on here.

I would then ask the reader and the author of this column to think about the opening paragraph. Can anyone honestly think that a person who would be willing to exchange a gun for drugs would be compelled to run that transaction through a background check?

Vermont has a very low crime rate. I do not understand why some are intent on adopting the non-working gun laws of high-crime states.

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