Two quotes out of a 1000 word article. The numbers were done by the author of the article and the IRS, but don't let the fact that multiple independent articles come up with the same numbers.
Here's another article from The Atlantic that supports my premise:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business...might-be-just-another-corporate-front/267244/
So allowing anyone to buy a hundred guns in VA, drive to NY or Chicago and sell them to gangbangers is OK with you since they would be "private sales".
No sense doing background checks or prosecuting the people for arming criminals.
The NRA wants to protect the straw purchasers that lead the deaths of so many innocent Americans as long as the gun manufacturers can make their profit.
If I came up with twenty more national articles, it wouldn't matter. To you facts are irrelevant. You are totally brainwashed.