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I worked with juveniles for over 20 years. So like I said, if the parents buy the guns, then they should be held accountable. You and the other racusts just want to see wholesale harrassment and imprisonment of blacks and that's just not something thats going to be allowed to happen. Don't buy your kids guns for chritsmas or for their birthdays..Just as others should be held accountable for providing guns to young kids, or making straw purchases for them. And not all young criminals purchase or steal their guns. At least 15% of them obtained them from a family member.
"In 1993 and 1994, the ATF conducted more than 3,800 traces of firearms recovered from juveniles. In most cases, juveniles were charged with weapons offenses, such as illegal possession of a firearm.20 Of the total firearms recovered, 2,700 were involved in incidents that resulted in charges of weapons violations.21 The ATF also found that 205 of these weapons were used in assaults, 199 in homicides, 156 in incidents involving narcotics, 98 in robberies, 46 in burglaries, and 13 in sexual assaults.22
In 712 followup trace investigations conducted from November 1993 through June 1994 to determine the source of firearms recovered from juveniles, the ATF found that 27 percent of the juveniles had been given firearms by individuals other than parents or guardians and 22 percent had obtained firearms in burglaries or other thefts.23 The investigations also found that 16 percent of the juveniles had purchased their firearms on the street and 15 percent had taken firearms from their homes.24 The ATF was unable to determine how juveniles secured firearms in the remaining 20 percent of the traces.
Juveniles who commit violent crimes involving firearms frequently use stolen guns. The ATF found that 32 percent of firearms used by juveniles in committing violent crimes were taken in burglaries and other thefts, 25 percent were obtained by juveniles from persons other than parents or guardians, and 21 percent were purchased on the street.25"
Juveniles and Firearms: A Closer Look