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<blockquote data-quote="HiredHand" data-source="post: 3425378" data-attributes="member: 2469"><p>Allowing unauthorized access to a firearm is a serious mistake that leads to thousands of stolen weapons each year as well as tragic deaths each year involving firearms. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/09/18/bloody-weekend-in-texas/" target="_blank">https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/09/18/bloody-weekend-in-texas/</a></p><p></p><p>“Five children in North Texas shot themselves or another child this past weekend in four separate incidents.”</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.usacarry.com/guns-stolen-vehicles/" target="_blank">https://www.usacarry.com/guns-stolen-vehicles/</a></p><p></p><p>Gun theft<em> is</em> a problem. These guns really do end up in the hands of murderers. A <a href="https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/docs/2012-firearms-reported-lost-and-stolenpdf-1/download" target="_blank">2012 report from the ATF </a>makes clear that “[t]hose that steal firearms commit violent crimes with stolen guns, transfer stolen firearms to others who commit crimes, and create an unregulated secondary market for firearms.”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/fshbopc0510pr.cfm" target="_blank">https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/fshbopc0510pr.cfm</a></p><p></p><p>About 1.4 million firearms were stolen during household burglaries and other property crimes over the six-year period from 2005 through 2010, according to a report released today by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This number represents an estimated average of 232,400 firearms stolen each year— about 172,000 stolen during burglaries and 60,300 stolen during other property crimes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>From 2005 through 2010, household property crimes involving only stolen firearms resulted in a total loss of about $27 million per year. The average financial loss when only one gun was stolen was between $400 and $500 per incident.</p><p></p><p>Other findings showed—</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">About three out of four household property crimes involving stolen firearms occurred in households headed by white non-Hispanic persons. </li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From 2005 through 2010, the majority of household burglaries (56 percent) or other property crimes (59 percent) involving stolen firearms occurred in the South.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Households in rural areas experienced a disproportionate percentage of burglaries involving stolen firearms (34 percent), compared to the overall percentage of U.S. households located in rural areas (17 percent).</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HiredHand, post: 3425378, member: 2469"] Allowing unauthorized access to a firearm is a serious mistake that leads to thousands of stolen weapons each year as well as tragic deaths each year involving firearms. [URL]https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/09/18/bloody-weekend-in-texas/[/URL] “Five children in North Texas shot themselves or another child this past weekend in four separate incidents.” [URL]https://www.usacarry.com/guns-stolen-vehicles/[/URL] Gun theft[I] is[/I] a problem. These guns really do end up in the hands of murderers. A [URL='https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/docs/2012-firearms-reported-lost-and-stolenpdf-1/download']2012 report from the ATF [/URL]makes clear that “[t]hose that steal firearms commit violent crimes with stolen guns, transfer stolen firearms to others who commit crimes, and create an unregulated secondary market for firearms.” [URL]https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/fshbopc0510pr.cfm[/URL] About 1.4 million firearms were stolen during household burglaries and other property crimes over the six-year period from 2005 through 2010, according to a report released today by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This number represents an estimated average of 232,400 firearms stolen each year— about 172,000 stolen during burglaries and 60,300 stolen during other property crimes. From 2005 through 2010, household property crimes involving only stolen firearms resulted in a total loss of about $27 million per year. The average financial loss when only one gun was stolen was between $400 and $500 per incident. Other findings showed— [LIST] [*]About three out of four household property crimes involving stolen firearms occurred in households headed by white non-Hispanic persons. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]From 2005 through 2010, the majority of household burglaries (56 percent) or other property crimes (59 percent) involving stolen firearms occurred in the South. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Households in rural areas experienced a disproportionate percentage of burglaries involving stolen firearms (34 percent), compared to the overall percentage of U.S. households located in rural areas (17 percent). [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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