ozhuntsman
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does anyone know how many guns whether they are handguns, rifles or shotguns are stolen from everday law abiding citizens each year?
stolen firearms?
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Art Eatman
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No, but I have an LEO doing some research, right now.
Officers'Wife
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Try fbi.gov. They often have a number of crime statistics online.
thriftyjoe
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No idea how many guns stolen
I guess it can hurt to check out your guns before you buy from an unknown idividual at http://www.hotgunz.com/
Anyone out there know how reliable this site is?
I guess it can hurt to check out your guns before you buy from an unknown idividual at http://www.hotgunz.com/
Anyone out there know how reliable this site is?
Mad Chemist
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Thousands. Most unsecured, and many from vehicles.
I am a good friend of the guy that runs this site. It has a lot of stolen guns (well over a thousand last I heard). It is not linked to NCIC, but it already helped one fellow reunite with his gun.
bwsmith2850
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If anyone knows, they’re not telling.
I keep seeing 500,000 a year but can't seem to kind a source or citation anywhere for it which makes it rather suspect. (If you don't know a fact manufacture it) I found the value of firearm thefts on FBI.gov but not the number of thefts.
This USA Today article (2002) shows "The number of guns stolen per year has declined, from 221,322 reported in 1993 to 138,035 in 2001"
It also says 'nearly 1.7 million firearms were reported to police as stolen from January 1993 through August 2002.' This averages out to 196,153 (and change) per year.
Those numbers in the article come from the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation which is from the 'only safe gun is a melted one' camp but still falls well short of the 500K total that pops up uncited everywhere.
'Average number of firearm thefts that occur every year in the US: 341,000
(Source: US Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Guns and Crime, 4/94)’ (Can’t find it either, likely not digital) from a PBS Frontline transcript.
That's all Google, Yahoo! & Bing could come up with in an hour.
Found this thread already.
{Found this gem too at PBS, 'Percentage of L.A. High School students who say they could obtain a gun for less than $50: 25 (Source: ACLU report: From Words to Weapons, 3/97)'}
If anyone knows, they’re not telling.
I keep seeing 500,000 a year but can't seem to kind a source or citation anywhere for it which makes it rather suspect. (If you don't know a fact manufacture it) I found the value of firearm thefts on FBI.gov but not the number of thefts.
This USA Today article (2002) shows "The number of guns stolen per year has declined, from 221,322 reported in 1993 to 138,035 in 2001"
It also says 'nearly 1.7 million firearms were reported to police as stolen from January 1993 through August 2002.' This averages out to 196,153 (and change) per year.
Those numbers in the article come from the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation which is from the 'only safe gun is a melted one' camp but still falls well short of the 500K total that pops up uncited everywhere.
'Average number of firearm thefts that occur every year in the US: 341,000
(Source: US Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Guns and Crime, 4/94)’ (Can’t find it either, likely not digital) from a PBS Frontline transcript.
That's all Google, Yahoo! & Bing could come up with in an hour.
Found this thread already.
{Found this gem too at PBS, 'Percentage of L.A. High School students who say they could obtain a gun for less than $50: 25 (Source: ACLU report: From Words to Weapons, 3/97)'}
navyretired 1
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recently had my carry Kel Tec stollen from car when I took it off to enter a restricted store, apparently some one saw and broke into car and stole the weapon. I reported it and basicly figured that was the end of it.
About four weeks later I received a call from Police Detective saying he had good news for me, they'd recovered my gun in a stollen car with several other stollen guns. The driver had run and got away but they knew who he was.
Three days after I got my gun back the driver/drug dealer was on the news. The poice had got a tip where he was going to be at a certain time and they stopped him. He chose shooting it out instead of surrender and was killed in gunfight. Each of 2 officers fired COM and hit and the guy shot himself in mouth.
He didn't steal my gun but traded drugs for it. I can't beleave that the police returned my gun the same day they recovered it no worse the wear except the spring belt clip had been removed.
About four weeks later I received a call from Police Detective saying he had good news for me, they'd recovered my gun in a stollen car with several other stollen guns. The driver had run and got away but they knew who he was.
Three days after I got my gun back the driver/drug dealer was on the news. The poice had got a tip where he was going to be at a certain time and they stopped him. He chose shooting it out instead of surrender and was killed in gunfight. Each of 2 officers fired COM and hit and the guy shot himself in mouth.
He didn't steal my gun but traded drugs for it. I can't beleave that the police returned my gun the same day they recovered it no worse the wear except the spring belt clip had been removed.
I have attempted to learn this myself, without success.
As a side note, all of your: photograph your firearms with your driver's license, so that the distinguishing marks (preferably the serial numbers and model numbers) are visible. Make a file of these photos, and make several copies of it on floppy or CD or DVD or even print them. Disperse these copies. If that terrible day comes when you find that your firearm has been stolen, this is a record and proof of ownership, when you report the gun stolen immediately.
Also, do this: Post the theft here and on other boards. While the firearms community is fairly large, the subcatagories are small. If your S&W Model 629 is stolen, be sure and put that in the description, and you'll be surprised at how tight-knit the groups of N-frame lovers and .44 magnum lovers are. THR and TFL pop up on Google searches.
As a side note, all of your: photograph your firearms with your driver's license, so that the distinguishing marks (preferably the serial numbers and model numbers) are visible. Make a file of these photos, and make several copies of it on floppy or CD or DVD or even print them. Disperse these copies. If that terrible day comes when you find that your firearm has been stolen, this is a record and proof of ownership, when you report the gun
Also, do this: Post the theft here and on other boards. While the firearms community is fairly large, the subcatagories are small. If your S&W Model 629 is stolen, be sure and put that in the description, and you'll be surprised at how tight-knit the groups of N-frame lovers and .44 magnum lovers are. THR and TFL pop up on Google searches.
I have attempted to learn this myself, without success.
As a side note, all of your: photograph your firearms with your driver's license, so that the distinguishing marks (preferably the serial numbers and model numbers) are visible. Make a file of these photos, and make several copies of it on floppy or CD or DVD or even print them. Disperse these copies. If that terrible day comes when you find that your firearm has been stolen, this is a record and proof of ownership, when you report the gun stolen immediately.
Also, do this: Post the theft here and on other boards. While the firearms community is fairly large, the subcatagories are small. If your S&W Model 629 is stolen, be sure and put that in the description, and you'll be surprised at how tight-knit the groups of N-frame lovers and .44 magnum lovers are. THR and TFL pop up on Google searches.
As a side note, all of your: photograph your firearms with your driver's license, so that the distinguishing marks (preferably the serial numbers and model numbers) are visible. Make a file of these photos, and make several copies of it on floppy or CD or DVD or even print them. Disperse these copies. If that terrible day comes when you find that your firearm has been stolen, this is a record and proof of ownership, when you report the gun
Also, do this: Post the theft here and on other boards. While the firearms community is fairly large, the subcatagories are small. If your S&W Model 629 is stolen, be sure and put that in the description, and you'll be surprised at how tight-knit the groups of N-frame lovers and .44 magnum lovers are. THR and TFL pop up on Google searches.
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