| Law enforcement officers and gun-control advocates say West Virginia's loose gun laws make the state an illegal gun runners' dream, reports the Raleigh Register-Herald.
Drugs for guns is big business.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Charleston field agent Paul Cross said drug dealers from large urban areas come to West Virginia because guns are plentiful and they're cheap.
Cross says dealers will bring drugs into the state and take guns out where they can sell them and make hundreds of dollars in profits per weapon.
Government stats indicate gun-running from West Virginia is big business.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said state lawmakers haven't done enough to control commonsense gun control measures.
The Brady group says the issue is unfortunately linked to gun rights, which overshadows the criminal activity.
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