American police chiefs are calling universal background checks for all gun purchases a “no-brainer,” even though evidence suggests otherwise.
Law-enforcement officials at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago, Illinois, made their pitch for increased gun control Oct. 24-27.
“This is a no-brainer, this is the simplest thing in the world. It troubles me all the time,” Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told Reuters in reference to an often-cited statistic: Up to 40 percent of firearms sales allegedly involve private parties or gun shows that do not require checks.
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The 40 percent statistic has been criticized by both the National Rifle Association and the Washington Post as misleading, since it came from a 1996 report using a small survey of 251 people. Gun-control advocates have used the limited scope of the survey by researchers Jens Ludwig and Philip Cook to make definitive statements on gun purchases at a national level.
“Rather than being 30 to 40 percent (the original estimate of the range) or ‘up to 40 percent’ (Obama’s words), gun purchases without background checks amounted to 14 to 22 percent. And since the survey sample is so small, that means the results have a survey caveat: plus or minus six percentage points,” the newspaper reported Jan. 25, 2013.
The NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action attempted to demonstrate the futility of such laws in March 2014 by citing the track record of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS. The nonprofit wanted to know if the legislative hurdles imposed upon Americans exercising their Second Amendment right was worth the time, money and resources by the federal government.
“In 2010, only 62 out of 72,659 NICS denials led to prosecutions by the federal government – and only 13 of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction. That’s .0001 percent,” NRA-ILA wrote March 7, 2014.
Organizations backing gun-control advocates at IACP in Chicago over the past three days include the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Hispanic and African-American law-enforcement executives and police chiefs, and campus law enforcement administrators, Reuters reported.
“We took on the tobacco industry years ago. We’re not going to give up, it’s the most obvious thing in the world what we have to do in this country. I have more faith in America,” McCarthy said.
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