From DOJ statistics years ago.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/GUIC.PDF
Although most crime is not committed with guns, most gun crime is committed with handguns. pages 1 & 2
Although most available guns are
not used in crime, information about
the 223 million guns available to the
general public provides a context for
evaluating criminal preferences for
guns. page 2
By definition, stolen guns are available to criminals. The FBI's National
Crime Information Center (NCIC)
stolen gun file contains over 2 million
reports; 60% are reports of stolen
handguns. page 3
In 1994, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
received over 85,132 requests from
law enforcement agencies for traces
of guns used in crime. Over threequarters of the guns traced by the
ATF in 1994 were handguns (mostly
pistols), and almost a third were less
than 3 years old. page 4
Surveys of inmates show that they
prefer concealable, large caliber
guns. Juvenile offenders appear to
be more likely to possess guns than
adults. page 5
Studies of the guns used in homicides show that large caliber revolvers are the most frequent type of gun
used in homicides, but the number
of large caliber semiautomatic guns
used in murders is increasing. page 5
Little information exists about the
use of assault weapons in crime. The
information that does exist uses varying definitions of assault weapons that
were developed before the Federal
assault weapons ban was enacted.
page 6
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"Little information exists about the
use of assault weapons in crime."
With a number of shootings in the past few years, some people are very concerned about certain guns. I, myself, am more concerned with how many criminals are using guns. Our governments are using them. Our crime rate is astounding, and there is a shortcoming of getting them off the streets; only to watch their being released or pampered in a jail cell for years before trying them.
Juveniles. Can't teach or correct them properly because of laws. We do not need any new laws. stop
