guns are fired in less than 2% of home-intruders
guns are fired in less than 2% of home-intruders
All of them used in a crime were bought at least once. The exception would be if they were stolen before being legally sold to a store/jobber.
There are many 'truths' about handguns. A few truths: 99.9% of all guns in America are not used in violent crimes. 99.8% of all guns are not used in crimes at all.
.05% or so
The handgun is most often used.
No. There was crime before there were guns. I collect guns. My children and grandchildren are hunters and target shooters. I do not commit crimes, nor does my family. People that want to commit crimes will do so, with or without a gun.
the mimes rob banks with their "guns" lol
25%
55.6%
by buying them in the gun shop
It varies slightly year to year, but according to the FBI, the overall percent of violent crimes involving guns is between 20 and 30 percent.
If the crimes went un-reported how could there possibly be any statistics kept on this?