researchers at the university of california at davis did something fascinating. they started with an fbi database of these researchers contacted a random sample of gun dealers all listed as having 50 or more guns per year. they sent a scientifically random sample of gun dealers a survey asking them what they think about federal gun laws. the surveys went out in 2011. that was before the aurora theater mass shooting in colorado before the oak creek sikh temple, before newtown, before the washington navy yard shooting. now they have collected the data, done analysis and releasing what they found. the fact that this has never been done before is fascinating. the first ever independent scientifically sound survey of people who sell guns for a