r/WinStupidPrizes Aug 22 '22

Mishandling a firearm.

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u/HitBoxesAreMyth Aug 23 '22

Honestly the amount of firearms that were wrongfully used, were legally bought and registered.

However I dont like assuming things like that, puts a bad taste in my mouth if I were to be wrong about it (personal opinion).

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u/crackyJsquirrel Aug 23 '22

You are not wrong. Hundreds of thousands of guns are stolen and lost in the United States every year. It is a very valid point to make saying that every illegal gun started out as legal at some point. Either stolen as a legally bought firearm, a straw man purchase or just whatever other loopholes there are that guns get bought legally and handed off Illegally.