Power Facts Flashcards
1
Around 80% of all firearms acquired for criminal purposes are obtained through transfers from unlicensed sellers.
2
96% of inmates convicted of guns offenses, who were already prohibited from possessing a firearm at the time of the offense, obtained their firearm from an unlicensed seller.
3
A recent large-scale survey found that 45% of gun owners who acquired a gun online in the past two years did so without a background check.
4
Purchasers from Armslist.com, a major online firearms marketplace, were nearly seven times as likely to have a firearm-prohibiting criminal record than people attempting to buy guns from licensed dealers.
5
The average processing time for an electronic NICS-check is less than two minutes - 107 seconds, to be precise.
6
Strong support for background check laws has also been measured among NRA members, with at least 69% supporting comprehensive background checks.
7
Guns and domestic violence are a lethal combination. Nearly half of all women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or former intimate partner, and more than half of these intimate partner homicides are by firearm.
8
Women are five times more likely to be murdered by an abusive partner when the abuser has access to a gun.
9
Access to a gun in the home increases risk of suicide by 300%.
10
Along with several other organizations, we successfully campaigned for a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) which became international law in 2014. Every state that has ratified the ATT must follow strict rules on international arms transfers.
