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...There's no responsible gun manufacturer who knows or hopes his product will find its way to the criminal element," said NSSF president Robert Delfay. "It's just good business...
...move by Delfay's group, which is underwritten by iconic names such as Colt, Winchester, Ruger, Beretta, Glock and Smith & Wesson, follows a BATF study ("Following the Gun" at www.ATF.Treas.gov) released last month that blames nearly half of black-market guns on "straw purchases...
...That figure blew us away," says Delfay. The BATF study demolished the theory, strongly held by gun aficionados, that most crime guns were stolen from honest owners. If, in fact, dealers were selling the majority of crime guns over the counter in face-to-face transactions with crooks' shills - some of whom clearly couldn't tell a revolver from a semi-automatic - then the entire industry might be accused of wink-and-nod profiteering, rank incompetence, or both. The trend is likely to escalate. Since it came online in 1998, the FBI's computerized National Instant Check System has foiled...
...case, the lawsuits have caused a rift between some gunmakers and the National Rifle Association, which cares more about the principles involved than the economics. Gunmakers point out that they are the ones being sued, not the N.R.A. Says Robert Delfay, head of the manufacturers' trade group: "If the day comes when we have to do something the N.R.A. doesn't approve of, we'll tell them...
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