Everytown for Gun Safety, the Bloomberg-funded gun control juggernaut, just dropped their latest report on straw purchases, and it’s a masterclass in cherry-picked data and fearmongering masquerading as research. Titled something along the lines of a dire warning about illegal gun trafficking (because of course it is), the document claims straw purchases are the boogeyman behind urban violence, citing ATF trace data that’s been manipulated to ignore the real story: guns used in crimes are overwhelmingly obtained through theft, black market deals, or direct criminal acquisition, not some epidemic of law-abiding folks straw buying for buddies. Their numbers? Inflated by including traces from decades ago, double-counting recoveries, and conveniently omitting that most straw guns are bought legally by prohibited persons themselves—undermining their own push for universal background checks. It’s not research; it’s propaganda designed to guilt-trip Americans into surrendering their rights.

Dig deeper, and the flaws expose Everytown’s playbook: they cite ATF’s National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA) but twist it like a pretzel, ignoring how only 7-10% of traced crime guns even originate from recent retail sales, let alone straw purchases. Context matters—straw buying is already a federal felony with 15-year sentences, yet prosecutions are rare because proving intent is tough without actual evidence. Everytown’s solutions? More NFA-style registries, waiting periods, and merchant category codes to track your F-350 purchase alongside your AR-15. This isn’t about safety; it’s about control, recycling failed ideas from blue states where crime guns still flow in from lax-enforcement neighbors. Pro-2A warriors like the NRA and GOA have debunked this before, showing how their stats crumble under scrutiny—remember their ghost gun hysteria that ignored 99% of crime guns have serial numbers?

For the 2A community, this report is a rallying cry: Everytown’s garbage research fuels media headlines and Democrat bills like the misnamed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act expansions. Implications? If unchallenged, it normalizes surveillance and erodes self-defense rights, especially as ATF’s pistol brace rule and bump stock bans show their endgame. Share this takedown far and wide, support audit-the-ATF efforts, and vote like your holster depends on it—because Everytown’s house of cards is wobbling, and we’re the ones holding the facts. Stay vigilant, patriots.