Daily News | Nine local gun shops supplied 15,000 ‘crime guns’ in Philly, new report shows
Nearly 15,000 firearms in Philadelphia recovered in criminal investigations or confiscated from people who possessed them illegally can be traced to nine local firearms dealers, according to an analysis of previously confidential records., by the gun-control group Brady, supports what other studies have shown — that a small number of gun shops in Pennsylvania supply the majority of the state’s crime guns.
”These numbers for closed stores really show you the damage that an irresponsible dealer can do,” Scharff said. “These guns are durable and they have a long life.” But owner Jimmy Mastroddi said the Brady analysis doesn’t take into consideration that shops like his sell a much higher volume of guns than others.
In 2019, Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office launched the Pennsylvania Track + Trace Initiative, a collaboration with police departments across the state to centralize the tracking of illegal gun transfers. Of the 66,104 total guns recovered in Philadelphia by law enforcement, the majority came from in-state dealers. The analysis traced 51% of the guns to Pennsylvania dealers, 28% came from dealers in another state, and the origin of 22% of the guns linked to crimes could not be traced.
The ATF traces the guns used in crimes by using a serial number to track the weapon from manufacturer to point of sale. That information, though, is not public, largely due to an amendment that the gun lobby pushed through Congress in 2003.
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