US Murder Rate

Albuquerque NM

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While guns are the #1 source of homicides, there's no data on whether the offender used a registered or unregistered weapon. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls When you purchase a firearm there's a sample of a bullet that was fired by the gun included so you know the ballistic information is captured for future use based on the weapon's serial number. "Stolen guns are a source of weapons for criminals All stolen guns are available to criminals by definition. Recent studies of adult and juvenile offenders show that many have either stolen a firearm or kept, sold, or traded a stolen firearm:" https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/GUIC.PDF When guns are used by responsible people lives are saved. Police, military and security carry guns. How is it the actors and politicians against guns have armed security details? I graduated HS in 1973 from a rural HS in Northern California. Kids and teachers came to school and drove around town with rifles in the back window of their pickups. There were no mass shootings. The fact is: Outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns. You don't want a gun? Fine, that's your freedom of choice. But don't tell me I can't own a gun because you're afraid. Because now you're infringing on my freedom of choice.