Reply #103: 50,000 stolen guns per year is way low

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US Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Guns and Crime show the actual number at over 500,000 and that only represents guns with serial numbers that are reported stolen to the federal data base.

Unless the gun can be traced to its owner, gun theft is often not reported if it can not be claimed as a loss for insurance purposes.

I personally feel that 500,000 is actually way low and 1,000,000+ more accurately estimates the number of firearms stolen in the USA annually.

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