![]() ![]() Canadian studies have not yet focused on these issues, and U.S. It is important to know more about how offenders get firearms, their motives for owning and carrying them, and the nature of the local firearm markets. Without necessarily disagreeing with such suggestions, others have also argued that the characteristics of the illegal firearm market make it a poor target for law enforcement (Koper and Reuter, 1996: 137). Some have suggested that undercover police work could disrupt and shrink the illicit gun market others contend that law enforcement should give a higher priority to investigating and prosecuting cases in which firearm were stolen (Cook et al., 1995 Cook and Leitzel, 1996). Authors have analysed various proposals to suppress or disrupt the illegal market for firearms, particularly markets serving youths (e.g,: Bilchik, 1996 Cook et al., 1995 Kennedy et al., 1996 Weil and Knox, 1996). researchers have indicated concern that law enforcement officials do not devote enough attention to illicit gun markets. Axon and Moyer (1994: xiii) emphasized the importance of controlling the circulation of illegal firearms and of preventing criminals from getting them. In fact, a priority should be placed on concurrent strategies to control and regulate the legal firearms market and to deter the illegal trade if this does not occur, it is possible that the illegal market may become more lucrative and create new opportunities for criminals. However, preventing firearms from falling into the wrong hands, and limiting irresponsible uses of firearms means curtailing the illegal firearms market. ![]() Similarly, firearm regulation schemes control the legitimate or authorized market for firearms. Research on the misuse of firearms has tended to focus on how many firearms are legally available. Illegal Access to Firearms 9.1 The Need to Curtail the Illegal Firearms Market 9.5 Links Between Drugs and Firearms Traffickingĩ.9.1 The Need to Curtail the Illegal Firearms Market.Firearms, Accidental Deaths, Suicides and Violent Crime: An Updated Review of the Literature with Special Reference to the Canadian Situation ![]()
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