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DOJ Report: Guns Carried During Crimes Most Frequently Obtained Off the Street or Underground(?)
cnsnews.com ^ | 1/15/2019 | Emily Ward

Posted on 01/15/2019 10:52:03 AM PST by rktman

A report published on Jan. 9 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) found that in 2016, criminals who carried firearms while they committed crimes most frequently obtained the guns either off the street or underground, rather than through legal purchases.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that an estimated 287,400 prisoners possessed a gun in 2016 while they committed the crimes for which they were imprisoned. Of these, “more than half (56%) had either stolen it (6%), found it at the scene of the crime (7%), or obtained it off the street or from the underground market (43%). Most of the remainder (25%) had obtained it from a family member or friend, or as a gift.”

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See Universal Background Checks would put a complete stop to this activity. Right? Uh, no.
1 posted on 01/15/2019 10:52:03 AM PST by rktman
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DOH(J)...................


2 posted on 01/15/2019 10:58:48 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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And if all law abiding citizens are disarmed the government will be just as successful at keeping illegal guns from flooding the borders as they are keeping illegal drugs and illegal aliens out...oh, wait a minute.


3 posted on 01/15/2019 10:58:57 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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Idiotic statement. Idiotic because anybody, anybody with more than two functioning IQ points has known this ..... forever. Criminals don't purchase the tools of their trade through legal channels. Never have. Never will.
4 posted on 01/15/2019 11:01:04 AM PST by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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Liberals know the criminals are already on their side.

They want to disarm honest Americans to better subjugate them.


5 posted on 01/15/2019 11:02:20 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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Our famed DOJ makes headlines with brilliant conclusion on criminals and their guns.


6 posted on 01/15/2019 11:03:12 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Or through Obama’s gun-running program.


7 posted on 01/15/2019 11:03:15 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Yes, and the left has absolutely no intention of taking these guns out of the hands of violent criminals. They DO plan to take guns from honest, non-violent citizens.

This is done with full knowledge and awareness, and is their intention.


8 posted on 01/15/2019 11:05:24 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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the goal of this report is to focus not on the fact that a certain % get them from the streets- but that a ‘significant %’ get them from friends or relatives-

Most of the remainder (25%) had obtained it from a family member or friend, or as a gift.”

You can bet that is these remaining 25% that the left are looking into - They will no doubt play this as a ‘If we just got rid of guns in the hands of homeowners in America, 25% less crimes would be committed’

The left are relentless in their efforts to deny us our 2’nd amendment upheld inalienable rights


9 posted on 01/15/2019 11:07:03 AM PST by Bob434
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Folks could well be surprised where most of these type comes come from if it is as I suspect.


10 posted on 01/15/2019 11:11:23 AM PST by Herman Ball
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There’s a bill in the Maryland General Asylum to ban possession of so called “Ghost Guns” which are built by the owners and have no serial numbers.

I wonder just how many such firearms were used in crimes.

Zero maybe?


11 posted on 01/15/2019 11:20:39 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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Most cars stolen are used to commit other crimes and then dumped.


12 posted on 01/15/2019 11:26:41 AM PST by Cold Heart (The main purpose of The Wall is to protect the US from its own politicians.)
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First time I’ve seen this truism in print.


13 posted on 01/15/2019 11:37:08 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Wow! I don’t think anyone knew that! >s<

“When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.” Has been around for decades.


14 posted on 01/15/2019 11:48:03 AM PST by tiki
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Criminals buy their guns the same place they buy their drugs.


16 posted on 01/15/2019 1:31:42 PM PST by SanchoP (Why do Democrats hate Americans so much ?)
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Well no doubt you didn’t get the memo stating that with universal background checks no bad guys will EVER get guns again. No really. So perhaps the new saying should be:

When universal background checks are put in place, only outlaws will have guns. ?


17 posted on 01/15/2019 1:35:32 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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What they do not say is whether they were taken with or without knowledge from said family member or friend, however if it was gifted would you not have to register if it is in fact a hand gun?


18 posted on 01/15/2019 1:43:12 PM PST by Mr. Mohasky (Common sense in a world lacking any, will be perceived & construed as an extreme point of view.)
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You mean they weren't bought at the gun store? 😯
19 posted on 01/15/2019 1:53:33 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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I found some that were still there and had not wandered off to commit heinous acts.


20 posted on 01/15/2019 2:02:48 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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