![]() ![]() “Instead of exotic or rare firearms, we saw handguns-the kinds of weapons someone in the US could buy from stores or vendors with a license. ![]() “What I found most surprising was that most of what we saw wasn’t rifles of military-grade weapons,” Holt says. The research reveals key insights on a trade that undercuts gun laws in the United States, as well as other countries around the world where regulations are tighter. “The more we understand how guns move, how they are sold, and what types of guns are available on the dark web, the more we’ll understand how the internet can serve as a niche market for gun distribution.” “We know so little about the distribution of firearms sold on the dark web that it’s kind of a black hole, similar to illicit pharmaceuticals and narcotics: We know people buy them online, but we don’t know to what extent,” says coauthor Thomas Holt, professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University. New research investigates how people anonymously buy and sell firearms around the world on the dark web.ĭebates over gun regulations make headlines across the world, but there’s an underground operation for weapons that has drawn very little attention-until now. ![]()
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