How easy is it to get an illegal handgun in the USA?
It’s not as easy as the average person may think, but it’s all relative to who you know and your ability to make connections to the criminal underworld. If you were a stranger in town and were willing to seek out criminal elements, say prostitutes or drug dealers, and were willing to hand out some bribes along the way I’m sure you could find yourself a handgun, but it would take some effort and some cash……likely much more than the real trade value of the firearm. Also, the risk of getting yourself robbed and killed undertaking a venture such as this would be very high……as they know you have a lot of cash and are not armed! As easy as it is to purchase a handgun legally in most states in the USA, law enforcement does aggressively go after and prosecute the illegal firearms trade. Jail sentences often go up when you commit a crime and there’s a gun involved, and illegal gun trading is a federal crime, which means that besides local law enforcement, there’s federal agencies that s
