Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:49 AM Sep 2012

Stolen guns nurture deadly violence

Cabdrivers Mohammed Elsayed and Blaise Nwokenaka, shot dead by the last passengers of their lives, were killed with a .380-caliber Cobra pistol - a gun stolen just 20 days earlier.

Nineteen-year-old Shanetria Grogan was slain by her ex-boyfriend, shot in the head with a .380-caliber Jimenez Arms semi-automatic pistol, also stolen. And 23-year-old Leroy Pierson, killed in a drug deal gone bad, suffered a fatal wound from a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol, yet one more ripped-off weapon.

At least 32,000 guns, some 4,000 every year, have been stolen from Houston-area homes, cars, pawn shops and even gun dealers since 2005, with only 7 percent of them ever recovered, a Houston Chronicle analysis shows.

In a state where guns are as plentiful and popular as pickups, the stolen weapons further fuel violent crime across the region.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Stolen-guns-nature-deadly-violence-3868619.php

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Stolen guns nurture deadly violence (Original Post) SecularMotion Sep 2012 OP

So about 4000 per year are stolen Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #1

In one city. Warren Stupidity Sep 2012 #4

I think his point is... DWC Sep 2012 #7

you're branching out Missycim Sep 2012 #2

If the perps had bought these guns would the results be any different? 2on2u Sep 2012 #3

with stricter control over gun purchases and accountability for those guns Warren Stupidity Sep 2012 #6

Might be.... Clames Sep 2012 #11

"Last passengers of their lives..." Callisto32 Sep 2012 #5

The editors are busy blogging Hangingon Sep 2012 #10

all firearms should be kept at government installations. ileus Sep 2012 #8

I know!!!1! Let's pass a law making stealing guns illegal!!!1! nt Atypical Liberal Sep 2012 #9

Criminals doing criminal things, that was your point, right? rl6214 Sep 2012 #12

Reasonable_Argument

(881 posts)

1. So about 4000 per year are stolen

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:21 AM

Sep 2012

I agree that's not a good thing, but what's your point?

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

4. In one city.

Reply to Reasonable_Argument (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:19 AM

Sep 2012

But no problem.

DWC

(911 posts)

7. I think his point is...

Reply to Reasonable_Argument (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:29 AM

Sep 2012

Bad people steal guns from good people and do bad things with them to good people.

Therefore thieves and murderers are bad people.

Semper Fi,

Missycim

(950 posts)

2. you're branching out

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:25 AM

Sep 2012

Instead of a friday dump you are now doing it on Monday

2on2u

(1,843 posts)

3. If the perps had bought these guns would the results be any different?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:42 AM

Sep 2012

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

6. with stricter control over gun purchases and accountability for those guns

Reply to 2on2u (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:05 AM

Sep 2012

it might be possible to reduce the availability of guns to criminals. But that would be difficult and there is no guarantee of success, so best not to even try.