Citation

Rosenfeld R. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2000; 284(21): 2718-2721.

Affiliation

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St Louis.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11105207

Abstract

When the Brady Act was being debated, the National Rifle Association (NRA) cited a survey1 showing that only 16% of criminals get their guns from licensed dealers. Brady Act supporters responded that the act would disarm these criminals.

After the act took effect, and with almost no prosecutions for felonious attempts to obtain guns, President Clinton claimed that the law worked and should be expanded to cover gun shows, where he mistakenly thought the NRA had said criminals got their guns. Actually, the same survey1 found that less than 0.5% of criminals obtained guns from gun shows.

doi:10.1001/jama.284.21.2717