ATF publishes lost and stolen data
Right here. Mostly handguns. And, apparently, quite a few people lose suppressors.
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May 4th, 2017 at 6:17 pm
Be helpful to have the “numbers per incident” broken out, also charting for a few years. We had a “drive through the wall” burglary last year. That’s kinda atypical I would imagine.
May 4th, 2017 at 7:07 pm
Is there a report of firearms stolen from and lost by federal agencies?
May 5th, 2017 at 11:03 am
The numbers linked are firearms lost from FFLs, which is useful for FFLs to improve their security, but not really all that significant to me as a mere private owner of a firearm. An increase in smash&grab robberies of FFLs has been noted in government reports for a couple of years, with 2016 being the largest yet, but what can we conclude from that?
Either gun thieves are using the Willie Sutton philosophy of going where the guns are, instead of mucking about house after house looking through nightstands, or gang organization is increasing nationwide. AG Sessions just recently declared war on MS13, rather out of the blue, so I’m going with the latter idea – criminal gangs are arming for war.
I remember in the 1990s when the local drug-selling gangs of Baltimore were replaced streetcorner by streetcorner with rather more aggressive gangs from New York. Over a murder per day, usually execution style or drive-by, occurred for about two years before the new drug dealers were in place and secure in their businesses. I don’t think anyone wants that as a nationwide occurrence.
May 5th, 2017 at 12:51 pm
Washington D.C. reports 0 firearm thefts and 0 firearms stolen from gun dealers. The ATF is probably thinking, if only the rest of the country could follow their lead.
May 5th, 2017 at 2:57 pm
Ravenwood, isn’t that because DC only has one “dealer” who holds no inventory, but only serves to transfer firearms in and out of DC?
IIRC Emily Miller in “Emily Gets Her Gun” he was working out of DC Police headquarters building.
But yeah, I’m sure ATF would like it that way for the other states.
May 6th, 2017 at 8:54 am
I question the “lost or stolen” suppressor data. Most criminals can’t use them. What good is a suppressor if you don’t have a threaded barrel for it? Duct tape doesn’t work, and holding it in place with your hand hurts like hell.
My experience has been that in most cases of “lost or stolen” accountable items, the truth is that the lawful owner sold it to an unauthorized party and reported the loss or theft to cover it up. But I never investigated a suppressor loss or theft, so I could be wrong.
May 7th, 2017 at 6:25 am
A lot of boating accidents?
May 8th, 2017 at 9:33 pm
If I lose a suppressor, can I get a replacement under the original tax stamp or do I need to get another one of those issued first?