02-22-2021, 05:52 PM
(02-22-2021, 05:45 PM)Au165 Wrote: You keep saying it correlates to socioeconomic issues, but it much more closely correlates to access to guns. There are roughly 300k guns stolen each year, imagine if there wasn't a constant influx of stolen guns into these communities? Stolen guns are often ditched at the crime scene because there is no tie to them and it's riskier to keep it than leave them. That means there is still a really high demand for more inventory, which means you can over time stifle the use of stolen guns in crimes by requiring people to be accountable for their own firearms. That or people will keep them over ditching them which will lead to a higher solved crime rate.
I don't know where you got this "fact" but it's completely contrary to my experience. It is not common at all for a firearm to be left at the scene. They tend to get sold around within groups, it's not uncommon at all to pick someone up for a possession case, then find out that firearm has about four or five bodies on it, none of whom were killed by the person in possession.
Quote:Simply requiring people to report a gun that is stolen in a timely manner seems like common sense, but apparently, that is asking too much.
I think you'll find that mandating it by making it a felony not to do so is the bigger sticking point.
Quote:Quickly reporting a gun stolen can lead to the police being able to attempt to find it before it is lost into the black market. In one study they found that states with mandatory reporting laws resulted in a 30% decrease in stolen guns being recovered at the scene of a crime in another state. Essentially those guns became less desirable because it was more likely they were being actively looked for.
Sorry, but your final conclusion is faulty. Criminals don't care if the police are "looking" for their firearm. Recovering stolen items is very unlikely without strong evidence linking a suspect to the crime. Criminals know this and aren't concerned at all if their theft is reported. Hell, in CA the flocking gangs literally wave to the surveillance cameras as they burglarize houses.
