Assault-style semi-automatic rifles on sale at a US gun store.

Responding to an International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2016 presidential candidate questionnaire, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton noted that more than 33,000 people are killed by gun violence each year in the United States and said that revoking the licenses of “bad actor” gun dealers should be prioritized.

Clinton said that “strengthening background checks, closing the loopholes that put guns in the hands of dangerous criminals and the severely mentally ill and revoking the legal immunity Congress gave irresponsible gun manufacturers and dealers” were all necessary steps toward reducing the epidemic of gun violence plaguing the nation.

“But there’s one vital action that doesn’t get the attention it should: putting a stop to the flow of illegal guns by taking away licenses from bad-actor dealers that sell the majority of guns recovered on crime scenes,” Clinton added. “Nearly 90 percent of guns recovered on crime scenes in America come from just 5 percent of gun dealers in America.”