Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I have a question you guys can answer [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)I said:
"If numbers are true, and 40% of illegally used guns were stolen from
'legal' sources"
And you said:
I doubt the numbers are true
the average "time to crime" as in, the last 4473 filled out to crime is about 12 years.
Even the 40 percent claim, based on a 20 year old study with a too small sample, actually said it was closer to 16 percent.
&
that was the claim that are private sales
the stolen number includes those stolen from PDs, or in NYPD's case, used as barter for the cop's drug connection.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=116634
But now you say:
actually it won't
the vast majority of crime guns are obtained through theft
So which is it? Is 16% "a majority" of crime guns, or does your last comment (about PDs) move the total closer to 40%?? Still doesn't seem "a vast majority". WHat am I missing here?