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Rank of the Lorcin 380 in the ATF's top ten most-traced firearms:
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1
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Number of so called "Junk Guns" in the top ten:
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6
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(Source: ATF 1996 Firearms Enforcement Report)
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Number of firearms produced by US manufacturers every minute:
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8
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Number of handguns produced by US manufacturers every minute:
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3
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Number of handguns produced every 2 minutes by ROF in 1995:
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1
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[Number of pistols produced by Ring of Fire companies in 1995 257,155.
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(Source: ATF manufacturing numbers)
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Average number of firearm thefts that occur every year in the US:
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341,000
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(Source: US Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Guns and Crime,
4/94)
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Number of guns federal firearms licensees have reported as lost, stolen or
missing since Sept. 13, 1994 when the Clinton Crime Bill made reporting a
requirement:
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23,775
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Percentage decrease in federal firearms licensees since 1993:
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56%
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Number of federal firearms licensees in the US:
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124,286
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Number of ATF agents to regulate them:
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391
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Number of trace requests responded to by the ATF in 1996:
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139,092
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Number of ATF employees who work on trace requests:
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41
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(Source: ATF: Gun Dealer Licensing and Illegal Gun Trafficking,
Jan.,1997)
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Percentage of Americans who agree that "companies that manufacture guns with no
hunting or sporting purpose should be held financially responsible when these
guns injure or kill people":
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45
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(Source: BJS Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics, pg. 190)
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Percentage of Americans who feel that "the laws covering the sale of firearms
should be made more strict":
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62
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(Source: BJS Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics, pg. 191)
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Number of federal safety standards that apply to the manufacture of teddy
bears:
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4
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Number of federal safety standards that apply to the manufacture of firearms:
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0
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(Mother Jones, Jan-Feb/94)
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Number of firearms in the US:
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223 Million
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(Source: US Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Guns Used in
Crime, 7/95, from ATF data)
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Percentage of L.A. High School students who say they could obtain a gun for
less than $50:
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25
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(Source: ACLU report: From Words to Weapons, 3/97)
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Percentage of arrestees who say it is easy to get a gun illegally:
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55
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(Source: Arrestees and Guns: Monitoring the Illegal Firearms Market, 5/96)
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Percentage of all Saturday Night Specials produced by the "Ring of Fire"
companies:
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80
|
|
Percentage of all handguns produced by the "Ring of Fire" companies in 1992:
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34
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(Source: Wintemute, G.J. Ring of Fire: The Handgun Makers of Southern
California (Sacramento, CA: Violence Prevention Research Program, 1994))
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Number of murders committed in 1995 in the US:
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20,043
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|
Percentage of murders committed with a firearm:
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68 (13,673)
|
|
Percentage of murders committed with a handgun:
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56 (11,198)
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(Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1995)
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Projected year when deaths from gunfire will surpass death from auto accidents:
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2001
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|
(Source: CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Fact Sheet,
1/25/96)
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Year that the NRA supported a SNS importation ban and called the guns
"miserably-made, potentially defective arms that contribute so much to rising
violence" :
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1968
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|
(Source: "Are we Really So Violent?" American Rifleman, February,
1968.)
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Cost of firearms assault injuries per fatal gunshot wound:
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$21,700
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|
Total cost per survivor of gunshot wounds caused by assault:
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$260,000
|
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Total cost of firearm assault injury and death in 1992:
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$63.4 billion
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(Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics - Firearm Injury from Crime -
4/96)
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Cost of a Lorcin .22 handgun at a Pasadena California sporting goods store:
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$40
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(Source: Center for Investigative Reporting)
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Number of people killed by firearms every hour in America:
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4
|
|
(Source: CDC)
|
|
Number of crime victims that were shot in 1994:
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32,162
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(Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1995, pg. 274)
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|
Number of violent crimes reported to police that were committed with firearms in 1994:
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544,880
|
|
(Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1995, pg. 274)
|
|
Percent increase in juveniles arrested for weapons violations from '85-'94 :
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113
|
|
(Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1995, pg. 276)
|
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Number of violent crime victimizations committed with a firearm in 1993:
|
1.3 million
|
|
Number in 1995:
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815,130
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(Source: National Crime Victimization Survey, Cited in Guns Used in
Crime, pg.1)
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