I was hoping someone might know of survey info. re the frequency with which new guns are bought but fired little.
I'm a retired law prof who taught firearms law. I'm in the process of replying to an ATF rule proposal that would expand the definition of a dealer. The proposed rule, if adopted, would appear to make one presumptively a dealer if one offered for sale two firearms that had not been shot or shot little. I'm trying to assemble, for the administrative record (so that the ATF has to respond to the issue), information as to how many people would be improperly classified as presumptive dealers.
I suspect that, if there is published survey data about the number of firearms that have been fired little or not at all, someone on this list would have come across it. If you have, it would really help if you could provide whatever info you have.
Books, published articles or even blog posts by known SME's, recounting their experience, would work. The ATF would just disregard individual stories.
Thanks.