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Crime Gun Story: Every Gun Tells a Story

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Crime Gun Story: Every Gun Tells a Story

Crime Gun Story: Every Gun Tells a Story

Crime Gun Story: Every Gun Tells a Story

Every gun tells a story.

Don't let a crime gun's story involve you.

  • The Purchaser: Bought the gun for a roommate who failed the background check.
  • The Roomate: Sold the gun to her friend to pay rent.
  • The Friend: Sold the gun to a bad guy to support his drug habit.
  • The Bad Guy: Uses the gun to commit a homicide.

Too often, this is a reoccurring story.

Break the cycle - straw purchasing is illegal.

 

Download :  PDF icon story-of-a-gun.pdf  [PDF, 0.14 MB]

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