Posted May 15, 2015 3:18 pm by Comments

By Chelsea Davis

CHELSEA DAVIS

CHELSEA DAVIS

Universal background checks are controversial even within the gun community. The debate as to whether they are worth the government’s time and taxpayer’s money contains loads of grey area.

Recently, some relevant numbers surfaced from research by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. The following statistics from official reports reveal some truth about universal background checks for firearms purchasers.

The DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that an average of 232,400 firearms are stolen each year, based on data from 2005 through 2010. Eighty percent are never recovered.

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As for gun crimes, the numbers add up very closely.

In 2013…

These numbers add up to 279,849.

Assuming each gun was only used in one crime, that leaves 47,449 firearms stolen that were not used in crime. However, it is highly unlikely that 279,849 criminals only used their gun in one crime and then disposed of it. Assuming only half of them used their stolen gun twice before disposing of it, that covers the 47,449 crimes — …read more

Source:: Gun News

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