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MechAg94

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Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes
« on: July 24, 2019, 10:08:37 PM »
http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/unlawful-gun-owners-commit-80-percent-gun-crimes?utm_campaign=meetedgar

Put this down in the "We already Knew That" file, but another link to prove it to people who probably wouldn't listen or read it anyway.

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Lawful gun owners accounted for just 18 percent of gun violence, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.

Researchers analyzed 762 cases in which a gun was recovered by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Firearm Tracking Unit (FTU).

“Most perpetrators (79%) were carrying a gun that did not belong to them,” researchers concluded.
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Re: Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2019, 10:25:30 PM »
Criminals commit most murders. Who would have thunk it?




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