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So most crimes are committed with guns stolen from or lost by the legal owners. Is that what gun rights advocates want to be saying? Maybe it's because I'm not

by almost 10y ago

So most crimes are committed with guns stolen from or lost by the legal owners. Is that what gun rights advocates want to be saying? Maybe it's because I'm not an American and I've never been to America but this all just seems strange.

cdubzzz 10y ago
This is perhaps why neither side of the debate have picked up on this research. If you look at the WaPo[0] pie chart[1], it could also be reported as, "97% of gun crime committed using traceable firearms." [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/27/new-evidence-confirms-what-gun-rights-advocates-have-been-saying-for-a-long-time-about-crime/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/27/new-e... [1] https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/07/resp.png https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/07/...