https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/policy-areas/gun-sales/gun-dealers/
Federal law makes it unlawful for any person except a licensed dealer to “engage in the business” of dealing in firearms. As applied to a firearms dealer, the ...See more
https://stateline.org/2025/12/02/gun-dealers-are-major-source-of-trafficked-firearms/
Dec 2, 2025 — Gun trafficking involves diverting guns from legal commerce into the illegal ... gun dealer licenses should be revoked. And since Trump ...See more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_illegal_arms_dealers
The following is a list of illegal arms dealers – individuals involved in the illicit sale and transfer of firearms.See more
https://everytownresearch.org/report/how-gun-dealers-fuel-firearm-trafficking/
Dec 2, 2025 — Gun trafficking is a significant problem and leads to hundreds of thousands of illegal guns being channeled into communities around the country.See more
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2586780/
by DW Webster · 2006 · Cited by 62 — ... gun dealers in order to deter illegal firearms sales. The objective of this ... gun dealers that were suspected of illegally selling la
https://www.everytown.org/issues/gun-trafficking/
What is the problem? Gun trafficking is a significant problem and leads to hundreds of thousands of illegal guns being channeled into communities around the ...See more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tfmYghx28
A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders buying and illegally selling guns. A review of government audits and court ...
https://www.bradyunited.org/programs/combating-crime-guns/identifying-problematic-gun-dealers
... dealers from public scrutiny while also depriving the public of key data to help stem the flow of illegal guns. That's why our Combating Crime Guns program ...See more
https://everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-everytown-report-exposes-how-gun-dealers-are-driving-and-profiting-from-americas-illegal-gun-trafficking-crisis/
Dec 2, 2025 — New Analysis Projects Over 1.27 Million Guns Illegally Trafficked Between 2017-2026, Fueling Violence While Generating Nearly $700 Million ...See more
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/guns/procon/guns.html
The next biggest source of illegal gun transactions where criminals get guns ... These illegal dealers turn around and sell these illegally on the street. An ...See more
https://www.atf.gov/
Our special agents concentrate on identifying and dismantling illegal firearms traffickers who fuel violence by arming prohibited persons, gang members, drug ...See more
https://www.facebook.com/Everytown/posts/illegal-gun-trafficking-is-fueling-violence-in-communities-across-the-country-bu/1160807682884022/
Theft and illegal purchases are at the top again and clearly buying one illegally from someone or straw purchases** is on the rise. Theft still ...See more
https://everytownresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/07/Inside-the-Gun-Shop-One-Pager.pdf
Jul 6, 2023 — Illegal guns don't start out that way. Most firearms are produced by a licensed manufacturer and shipped to a licensed dealer.See more
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/international-arms-dealers-charged-conspiring-unlawfully-export-weapons-and-ammunition
Apr 16, 2024 — Specifically, the co-conspirators attempted to illegally acquire the munitions from the United States in a deal worth $1,200,000, which was part ...See more
https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-illegal-weapons-dealer
The merchandise is known or presumed to be stolen, or illegally imported. An illegal weapons dealer is basically a black-market dealer.See more
https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2006/cutting-flow-guns-criminals
Researchers from the School's Center for Gun Policy and Research have recently zeroed in on illegal sales by licensed dealers.See more
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/25/us/unlicensed-gun-dealers-law-invs
Mar 25, 2019 — In 2017, a gun allegedly sold by a suspected illegal dealer in ... John Stewart Davis, an Army veteran living in Montana, sold guns illegally for ...See more
https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resources/30185/30185.pdf
Fiessinger was indicted for illegally selling firearms shortly after the shootings; Old Prairie's owner was also indicted and convicted for participating in ...See more
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/frequently-asked-questions-gun-trafficking/
Aug 20, 2021 — Gun trafficking is the movement of guns from legal to illegal streams of commerce and occurs both within states and across state lines.See more