How freaking hard would it have been for these arseholes to get stats, per state, on background checks related to firearms sales?
Hell's bells, given the HUGE increase in gun sales during the Obama administration's 8-year gun and ammo sale, I'd bet that they would have gotten a lot better information.
Then again, that would be like, doing work with more relevant, but far less scary, information.
After all... MACHINE GUNS! EVIL EVIL MACHINE GUNS!