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Gun Control & RKBA

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3. I'd say 98%/2%. Very few guns are actually "illegal." Even miniguns are legal with the right papers.

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:13 PM

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Out of the roughly 300 million guns in the US [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2016 OP

Does it matter? Do illegal guns kill faster than legal guns? Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1

How many do you want to be legal/illegal? discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #2

There are very few 'illegal' guns GreydeeThos Mar 2016 #4

So, how many? SecularMotion Mar 2016 #5

The statistic you request is impossible to determine GreydeeThos Mar 2016 #6

I never had a survey call... CompanyFirstSergeant Mar 2016 #7

98% legal would be my guess. ileus Mar 2016 #8

What percentage of alcohol sales are illegal? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #9

If you want an overly inflated guestimate of illegally owned guns, ManiacJoe Mar 2016 #10

300 million is a lowball estimate now, benEzra Mar 2016 #11

Oh, criminally illegal. beardown Mar 2016 #12

law abiding gun owners, sometimes not jimmy the one Mar 2016 #13

Nice post beardown Mar 2016 #14