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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI
frontline: hot guns: "How Criminals Get Guns" | PBS
Criminals get most of their guns from straw purchases. A straw buyer is a person who has no criminal record and is therefore not a prohibited person. That individual will then legally purchase the gun from a gun dealer and give it to the criminal.
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I don't know about other states but in Florida, when you buy a gun you have to go through a federal background check even if you have a CCW. When filling out that form (ATF 4473) , among other things, the first thing you have to attest that you are not purchasing the gun for another person. You also are not allowed to sell the gun to anybody who has had a felony against them and anybody who is not a resident of Florida.
If you choose to lie on the background check or sell the gun to a felon and are caught it is a felony. That is a steep price to pay to buy a gun as a straw man.
Most criminals get their guns on the street. They are usually stolen and have the serial numbers removed.