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hrmjustin

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Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:48 AM Jun 2014

ProPublica: 68% of recovered guns in NY came from outside of state

Joseph Spector

Sixty-eight percent of guns recovered in New York in 2012 came from outside of the state, ranking second only to New Jersey, a review by ProPublica found.

newyorkNationally, 29 percent of the 155,000 guns that law enforcement recovered in 2012 were traced back to sources outside the state they were found in, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. If the origin could not be determined, it was included in the state where it was recovered, the report said.

In New York, the 68 percent ranked second only to New Jersey, which had 80 percent of its guns come from out of state. Third was Massachusetts at 55 percent, the report found.

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2014/06/05/propublica-68-recovered-guns-ny-came-outside-state/

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