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Where do criminals get their guns?

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    William La Jeunesse reports from Los Angeles

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So the president proposing universal background checks for all firearms sales but what about the criminals.

Who get their weapons illegally.

A -- much -- -- on that story line today with and LA rather with more now we have good morning.

Ability laws -- -- the law abiding Novak projects are supposed to stop.

What the government calls -- disasters illegal immigrants adjudicated mentally ill and of course felons who don't follow the law.

And -- few penalties for.

Miracle a county jail in Phoenix Arizona.

It's not hurt for personal -- directly to get -- -- and enough while Washington debates background checks for law abiding gun owners -- -- criminals get their weapons -- upstream pretty decent.

People.

Do you go through other people to buy that same night action -- -- and damaged a survey of 181000 prison inmates found that 40% get their guns off the street.

40% from friends and family 4% from pawn -- 1% from flea markets and gun shows.

I had a second degree burglary charge.

We -- these inmates incarcerated primarily for robbery and burglary if guns deter crime.

I would definitely use some help I would have him.

Did you Christine Schneider tried to assumption feel bad -- -- get away with sudden I was -- and -- a man has again.

You don't have to have -- had concealed weapon and which is scary so you don't know if someone has -- not value was probably think I -- approach anybody.

In 2008 -- Memphis newspaper published a gun owner database.

Following that burglaries increased in zip codes with fewer guns.

And -- where criminals believed homeowners to be -- if you knew a homeowner to be armed would you avoid that house.

Absolutely.

Absolutely you better believe I'm gonna pick the guy who doesn't have a gun -- household.

Then as opposed to the guy whose arms -- -- I mean up to me.

-- -- is not worth the risk of dying.

According to the Department of Justice 84% of felons used a gun to commit the crime in 67%.

Re committed a crime within three years but bill federal prosecutions for gun crimes are down 17%.

In five it's interesting thanks William -- Miller Jonas on that story in Los Angeles.

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