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Firearms theft on the rise

2018-01-19 22:28:13.06902+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Fascinating: Gun Theft Is Sweeping America — Robberies and burglaries targeting firearms sellers are skyrocketing, and law enforcement doesn’t know why.

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#Comment Re: Firearms theft on the rise made: 2018-01-20 13:40:10.82396+01 by: DaveP

Bad guys want guns. Stealing money and buying guns is either prohibited (the instant check list seems to work pretty well) or inefficient, so they steal guns directly instead. This has been going on at a smaller scale for well over a decade, and caused one friend to first relocate his shop, then when he was hit a second time, to call it quits and retire.

Seems to me like "why do you rob banks?" "That's where the money is."