The Tennessean decides that must be because of legal gun purchases and carry laws that haven’t taken effect yet.
Don’t miss this bit at the end of the second page:
On the streets, a gun sells anywhere from $100 to $200, making it cheaper and faster to purchase the weapon illegally than to visit a gun shop, [East Precinct Lt. Danny] Driskell said.
Yeah, they buy em on the street because they’re cheaper, not because they would be turned down by the background check.
Man,and I thought out local papers were loaded with morons.