Full Autos in Crime Statistics

pax · March 4, 2007, 08:50 PM

Anyone have a quick link to some reliable statistics regarding fully automatic firearms used in crime?

I know the number is so low as to be non-existent, but I need a specific number if possible.

pax

mxwelch · March 4, 2007, 10:07 PM

I believe the grand total of crimes committed with a legal machine gun since 1934 is one. And it was a police officer that did it if I remember correctly.

I'm sure there have been more crimes committed with illegal ones though.

pax · March 4, 2007, 10:19 PM

That's pretty well what I remembered, too, but I'd like to see some source data from somewhere.

pax

CleverNickname · March 7, 2007, 12:57 AM

It depends on how you define a "crime" with a machine gun. If you define a "crime" to be mere possession when the government says the possessor shouldn't have the machine gun, then there'll be quite a few. If you mean an illegally possessed machine gun that's used in a violent crime, then there'll be a lot less; not nearly as many as a lot of people would like you to believe. If you mean a legally possessed, privately owned machine gun that's used in a violent crime, then the number is in the single digits.

March 4, 2007, 08:50 PM	#1
pax Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2000 Location: In a state of flux Posts: 7,520	Full Autos in Crime Statistics Anyone have a quick link to some reliable statistics regarding fully automatic firearms used in crime? I know the number is so low as to be non-existent, but I need a specific number if possible. pax __________________ Kathy Jackson My personal website: Cornered Cat

March 4, 2007, 10:19 PM	#3
pax Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2000 Location: In a state of flux Posts: 7,520	That's pretty well what I remembered, too, but I'd like to see some source data from somewhere. pax __________________ Kathy Jackson My personal website: Cornered Cat

March 4, 2007, 10:07 PM	#2
mxwelch Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2006 Posts: 379	I believe the grand total of crimes committed with a legal machine gun since 1934 is one. And it was a police officer that did it if I remember correctly. I'm sure there have been more crimes committed with illegal ones though.

March 7, 2007, 12:57 AM	#4
CleverNickname Member Join Date: August 3, 2002 Posts: 69	It depends on how you define a "crime" with a machine gun. If you define a "crime" to be mere possession when the government says the possessor shouldn't have the machine gun, then there'll be quite a few. If you mean an illegally possessed machine gun that's used in a violent crime, then there'll be a lot less; not nearly as many as a lot of people would like you to believe. If you mean a legally possessed, privately owned machine gun that's used in a violent crime, then the number is in the single digits.