Per Fox59, the Washington Post is reporting that Indianapolis’s Don’s Guns ranks #3 in the nation with respect to firearms traced back to crime.
Don’s Guns and Galleries in Indianapolis has the third-highest number of gun traces, about 1,910 firearms. Owner Don Davis, 77, said he is not surprised that a large number of guns are traced back to his 37-year-old store.
“I sell a couple thousand guns a year,” Davis said. “I sell guns to rich people and to poor. Poor people need protection, too. There’s no gun that leaves Don’s Guns that hasn’t been okayed by background checks.”
Don’s has been on this list before. Between 1996 and 2000, before gun tracing data were hidden from the public, Don’s was No. 2 in the country, according to a list ranking gun stores by traces compiled in 2004 by the now-defunct Americans for Gun Safety Foundation. Over that period, 2,294 guns were traced to Don’s.
I am shocked, shocked to see Don’s make the list. I recall a commercial from the 80s with Don saying something like, “No money down, no credit checked; just come in here with your smilin’ face, and I’ll sell you a gun.”
The question is…. if Don’s didn’t exist, would the crimes committed with Don’s guns have been committed with other guns?
It’s entirely possible, but it surprises me not at all that Don’s would make this sort of list.
This cannot be true. Did you see the commercials? He doesn’t care about making money. HE JUST LOVES TO SELL GUNS.
Brings back memories of living at 38th and Guion. The neighborhood Meijer sold AK-47 ammo, and the place I saw a kid lift his shirt to display a gun when the lady in front of me griped about him having too many items in the quick lane. It’s a really gunny area.
Coming to visit you at that apartment was a real treat.
I remember a story in the Indianapolis Star many years ago when he was running his late night commercials that involved a ATF, State Police, and IPD investigation of Don and his business.
From what I recall his store had been broken into and a large number of guns went missing. The following investigation raised more questions than answers with questionable business associates, missing money, connections to organized crime, and some connection with his former UAW career.