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Part of that figure is likely from bad record keeping-our agents work with people who have FFLs to get their records in compliance.вЂќ There are instances where weвЂ™ve revoked Federal Firearms Licenses. If we suspect the guns are being sold illegally weвЂ™ll start an investigation.

When IвЂ™d previously asked the ATF about the number of stolen guns, ATF Agent Tim Graten, acting deputy chief of public affairs, said, вЂњI really donвЂ™t have a good explanation. The ATFвЂ™s вЂњ2012 Summary: Firearms Reported Lost and StolenвЂќ report explains, вЂњThis is raw data that has not been substantively reviewed by the FBI, has not been screened for duplicates or other data entry issues, and does not account for firearms that were subsequently found or recovered.вЂќ The ATF does, however, say the number of guns stolen from FFLs is a good statistic because in 1994 Congress required FFLs to report the theft or loss of any firearm from their inventories to both the ATF and to local police within 48 hours of discovery. The thing is, though those numbers are alarming, the ATF officially says the number of guns stolen from private hands is a guestimate based on different sources of data. Most of those guns (177,898) were lost or stolen from private residences and vehicles, but 5,762 firearms were reported as being stolen from Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) dealers-gun stores, pawn shops, and so on. I noted that the ATF estimates that 190,342 guns were lost or stolen in the U.S. This made me refer to the ATFвЂ™s statistics to get them to explain whatвЂ™s behind some shocking numbers. I asked, вЂњSo basically the guns seized at crime scenes arenвЂ™t leading back to gun stores, but to thefts or other sales?вЂќ вЂњIn that time a handgun could easily go through four or more owners,вЂќ said Agent Mulham. They also said the average вЂњtime to crimeвЂќ (the time it takes for a gun sold from a gun dealer to make it to a criminalвЂ™s hands and then to a crime scene) is 12 to 13 years in New York City. That makes sense after all, New Jersey and Connecticut are within commuting distance of New York City. The three agents then explained that about 80 percent of the crime guns found in New York City come from out of state. Though Brady was technically the head of an interstate gunrunning operation, he was really just a smalltime crook with a stupid plan to drive a trunk load of guns from Alabama to New York City.ДЄgent Mulham replied, вЂњCriminals get guns from a lot sources.вЂќ

This made me wonder how many of the guns going to criminals are coming from small-time mugs like Brady using straw purchasers. вЂњThis one was small, others are more complex.вЂќ вЂњThatвЂ™s a very good and simple example of an interstate gunrunning operation,вЂќ said Agent Mulham. вЂњWe ended up busting his straw purchasers as well.вЂќ вЂњWe took him down fast to keep the rest of his guns off the streets,вЂќ said Zamaloff.

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He indicated he had multiple buyers and could get us more guns,вЂќ said Agent Zamaloff as the undercover video showed Brady, a heavyset man wearing jean shorts that went just passed his knees, showing off pistols and putting a bag full of guns in his carвЂ™s trunk. A contact on the street tipped off Agent Zamaloff who was then working in the field.

He then put the guns in his carвЂ™s trunk and drove to Brooklyn, New York, to sell the guns. He talked women in Alabama who didnвЂ™t have criminal records into buying handguns and shotguns for him from Alabama gun stores. They used a laptop wired to a projection screen to show video of a man from Brooklyn named James Brady, a felon who moved to Alabama and came up with a very stupid criminal scheme. holds.ДЄgent Mulham then said, вЂњWe can show you some undercover surveillance video of a gunrunner we caught in Brooklyn, as the case has been adjudicated, if you like.вЂќ A new book, The Future of the Gun, investigates gun policy and technology to see what the future.

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