FAILURE: Gun control laws don't stop black market SWAT weapons transfers

WDTN.com (Dayton 2News) is reporting that police have recovered several of the weapons stolen from a SWAT team officers' car last week.

2News reports a phone tip led police to the stolen weapons and to three suspects that are under arrest. But the suspects are not believed to be the ones who broke into the SWAT team members vehicle. According to a quote attributed to Dayton Police Department Lt. Bob Chabali, the guns had changed hands at least two times on the black market prior to their recapture.

All the gun control laws in the world could not have stopped these criminals from breaking into this vehicle, stealing law enforcement property, and selling and reselling these guns. Only with the help of a private citizen were police able to recover these firearms before they disappeared into the crime world forever.

Despite these lessons learned, there is little doubt the next round of gun control laws to be introduced in our state will be focused on making gun ownership more difficult for the law-abiding, rather than on keeping criminals like these behind bars.