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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
so how does the gun get from the legal owner to the criminal, specifically?
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Most common is theft. For instance criminal breaks into a home and steals a gun. You should always report a stolen gun, but it's probably not going to show up until it's used in a crime or a cop
happens to find it on a traffic stop/drug raid/warrant/etc. Less common is family member dies and leaves the firearm to a nephew, nephew then robs a store with said gun. Criminal could fake ID/paperwork and "legally"* buy it or have someone do so for him/her*+.
*Both of these are in fact
illegal because the firearm was not obtained in a fair and honest manner
+Buying a firearm for someone else is illegal