DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Discussion of firearm-related news stories. Please use "Off Topic" for non-firearm news.
Forum rules
Do NOT post the full text of published articles. If you would like to discuss a news story please link to it and, at most, include a brief summary of the article.

DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Grayskies on Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:04 am

DOJ Report Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms Obtained Through Underground Market

A new report issued by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics that examines where criminals get their guns offers a disturbing statistic: Data showed that a whopping 43% of the prisoners surveyed had obtained it off the street or from the underground market, while 7% had found it at the scene of the crime and 6% had stolen it. Additionally, 25% had obtained it from a family member or friend, or as a gift. The survey added, “Among prisoners who possessed a firearm during the offense for which they were imprisoned, 7% of state and 10% of federal prisoners serving a sentence in 2016 bought or traded for the firearm from a gun shop or gun store.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/42073/do ... nk-berrien
NRA Life Member & Certified Range Safety Officer
Honorably Discharged U.S. Army Veteran
General Class Amateur Radio Operator and ARRL VE and SkyWarn
Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES)

P2C since August 2003
User avatar
Grayskies
 
Posts: 3906 [View]
Joined: Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:52 am
Location: North Central MN

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ghost on Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:37 am

I don't believe it, I don't see the gun show loophole referenced.
User avatar
Ghost
 
Posts: 8246 [View]
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:49 pm

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ironbear on Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:00 pm

So.... criminals obtain firearms by illegal means, and use them for illegal purposes.....

.... somebody ought to pass a law.... :roll:
"Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.” ~Blaise Pascal~
User avatar
Ironbear
 
Posts: 2178 [View]
Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:38 pm
Location: A nondescript planet in the Milky Way galaxy

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ghost on Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:09 pm

Ironbear wrote:So.... criminals obtain firearms by illegal means, and use them for illegal purposes.....

.... somebody ought to pass a law.... :roll:

Ban illegal stuff
User avatar
Ghost
 
Posts: 8246 [View]
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:49 pm

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby brad3579 on Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:22 pm

Ghost wrote:
Ironbear wrote:So.... criminals obtain firearms by illegal means, and use them for illegal purposes.....

.... somebody ought to pass a law.... :roll:

Ban illegal stuff


lol
User avatar
brad3579
 
Posts: 611 [View]
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:39 pm
Location: Lino Lakes

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby LarryFlew on Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:29 pm

Ghost wrote:
Ironbear wrote:So.... criminals obtain firearms by illegal means, and use them for illegal purposes.....

.... somebody ought to pass a law.... :roll:

Ban illegal stuff


Funny the Dems didn't think of that - NOT
If you're having second thoughts you're two ahead of most Democrats
User avatar
LarryFlew
 
Posts: 5132 [View]
Joined: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:37 am
Location: Hamburg, MN - CZ fan - Class of 66 - USAF 66-70 - NRA life since 1970

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Holland&Holland on Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:39 pm

Ghost wrote:
Ironbear wrote:So.... criminals obtain firearms by illegal means, and use them for illegal purposes.....

.... somebody ought to pass a law.... :roll:

Ban illegal stuff


Just post a sign asking them to obey the law.
User avatar
Holland&Holland
 
Posts: 12478 [View]
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:17 am

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ghost on Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:04 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:Just post a sign asking them to obey the law.

Which language?
User avatar
Ghost
 
Posts: 8246 [View]
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:49 pm

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Holland&Holland on Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:15 pm

Ghost wrote:
Holland&Holland wrote:Just post a sign asking them to obey the law.

Which language?


Please, you know there are about 15-20 languages this needs to be posted in to be legal.
User avatar
Holland&Holland
 
Posts: 12478 [View]
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:17 am

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ghost on Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:21 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:
Ghost wrote:
Holland&Holland wrote:Just post a sign asking them to obey the law.

Which language?


Please, you know there are about 15-20 languages this needs to be posted in to be legal.

We should come up with a sign that says we ban illegal stuff and put them on top of signs like these

Image
User avatar
Ghost
 
Posts: 8246 [View]
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:49 pm

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Holland&Holland on Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:22 pm

Ghost wrote:We should come up with a sign that says don't do illegal stuff and put them on top of signs like these

Image


Fake news. I have never seen this sign at MOA before.
User avatar
Holland&Holland
 
Posts: 12478 [View]
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:17 am

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ghost on Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:54 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:
Ghost wrote:We should come up with a sign that says don't do illegal stuff and put them on top of signs like these

Image


Fake news. I have never seen this sign at MOA before.

Just because you don’t see them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Much like Bigfoot and unicorns and equally as useless.
User avatar
Ghost
 
Posts: 8246 [View]
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:49 pm

DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby INOR on Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:16 am

I hadn’t seen a sign at the MOA for a long time but I did see one at an entrance this year. But it was on the side wall of an entrance after you walked in the door. Like in the tunnel way area of the entrance. Nobody looks there. Not sure why I did but thought it was weird placement. Either way, no impact on me...or the criminals who carry there all the time I’m sure.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
INOR
 
Posts: 1304 [View]
Joined: Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:12 pm

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Holland&Holland on Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:21 am

INOR wrote:I hadn’t seen a sign at the MOA for a long time but I did see one at an entrance this year. But it was on the side wall of an entrance after you walked in the door. Like in the tunnel way area of the entrance. Nobody looks there. Not sure why I did but thought it was weird placement. Either way, no impact on me...or the criminals who carry there all the time I’m sure.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Huh, weird. You would think people would respect the wishes of MOA I mean after they cracked down on those BLM protesters I don't know who would mess with them.
User avatar
Holland&Holland
 
Posts: 12478 [View]
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:17 am

Re: DOJ Reveals A Whopping Percentage Of Criminals' Firearms...

Postby Ghost on Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:24 am

INOR wrote:I hadn’t seen a sign at the MOA for a long time but I did see one at an entrance this year. But it was on the side wall of an entrance after you walked in the door. Like in the tunnel way area of the entrance. Nobody looks there. Not sure why I did but thought it was weird placement. Either way, no impact on me...or the criminals who carry there all the time I’m sure.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They only place I have noticed a sign was by the door to Sears.
User avatar
Ghost
 
Posts: 8246 [View]
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:49 pm

Next

Return to In The News

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 13 guests

cron