Registered pistol crime stats?

Ruthless4christ · January 20, 2013, 03:39 PM

Has anyone found any official crime stats online that show statistics relating to how many registered pistols are involved in felony murders? IU have looked high and low in FBI’s website and found nothing.

Al Norris · January 20, 2013, 03:42 PM

That's probably because most States do not have any registration requirement.

The most you could get would be to inquire of those States that do have registration.

JimDandy · January 21, 2013, 02:07 AM

Or take the FBI's New York stats, and try and extrapolate based on % of pistols in the state registered...

**Tom Servo** · January 21, 2013, 01:49 PM

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Or take the FBI's New York stats, and try and extrapolate based on % of pistols in the state registered...

To make any use of that data would be to assume that all other factors, such as income, quality of schools, police officers per capita, median income, substance abuse, substance abuse treatment, quality of public housing, and property taxes would be moot.

That's a real apples vs. oranges approach.

Alabama Shooter · January 21, 2013, 01:52 PM

If you like you can use stats from countries where all the weapons are registered and nearly all gun crime would be from registered guns. That would be like apples to bandannas.

JimDandy · January 21, 2013, 02:15 PM

The real problem Tom, is assuming the % of legally possessed handguns used in crimes is somehow on a 1:1 ratio of guns who's ownership is in and of itself somehow a crime.

hermannr · January 21, 2013, 07:25 PM

To assume that all firearms are registered in countries that require registration is a bit much. Estimates for Germany are: some 5.6 million registered, probably 20 million not registered.

January 20, 2013, 03:39 PM	#1
Ruthless4christ Senior Member Join Date: June 24, 2007 Location: CNY Posts: 790	Registered pistol crime stats? Has anyone found any official crime stats online that show statistics relating to how many registered pistols are involved in felony murders? IU have looked high and low in FBI’s website and found nothing.

January 21, 2013, 01:52 PM	#5
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 886	If you like you can use stats from countries where all the weapons are registered and nearly all gun crime would be from registered guns. That would be like apples to bandannas. __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

January 20, 2013, 03:42 PM	#2
Al Norris Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 29, 2000 Location: Rupert, Idaho Posts: 9,660	That's probably because most States do not have any registration requirement. The most you could get would be to inquire of those States that do have registration.

January 21, 2013, 02:07 AM	#3
JimDandy Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2012 Posts: 2,556	Or take the FBI's New York stats, and try and extrapolate based on % of pistols in the state registered...

January 21, 2013, 02:15 PM	#6
JimDandy Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2012 Posts: 2,556	The real problem Tom, is assuming the % of legally possessed handguns used in crimes is somehow on a 1:1 ratio of guns who's ownership is in and of itself somehow a crime.

January 21, 2013, 07:25 PM	#7
hermannr Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2011 Posts: 730	To assume that all firearms are registered in countries that require registration is a bit much. Estimates for Germany are: some 5.6 million registered, probably 20 million not registered.