Washington Post Letter: Clinton’s Lie About Gun Sales With Background Checks Doesn’t Matter

By Robert Farago

“In his Oct. 18 Fact Checker column, “Clinton’s claim that 40% of guns are sold at gun shows and online is based on outdated data,” Glenn Kessler upbraided former secretary of state and current Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for misspeaking about gun background checks, citing two of our surveys, from 2004 and 2015, to support his contention,” anti-gun rights researchers Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller report for washingtonponst.com. “Our most recent survey, which has not yet been published, shows that Clinton’s larger point was right: Approximately 40 percent of gun transfers do not involve a background check.” Larger point. Gotcha. Here’s more . . .

The column, although correct, was a distraction from Clinton’s key message that in a country in which 90 people a day die by gunfire, all gun transfers should involve a background check. Based on our most recent survey, among the estimated 50 million-plus guns most recently acquired, roughly 20 million are in the possession of people whose legal right to have them is unknown. Are these guns more likely to be misused? Stolen? To make their way into underground markets? We suspect …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns