On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:43 AM, C D Tavares wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2012, at 7:09 PM, Joseph E. Olson wrote:
>
>> In an imaginary world where every charged criminal every year (1) used
>> a gun for every violent crime AND (2) used a different gun for each
>> crime, A COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC SCENARIO
>
> The last study I saw on this topic was a bit old, but pretty spectactular;
> reporting that one of the first comprehensive forensic examinations of
> bullets from homicides in Washington DC arrived at the somewhat startling
> conclusion that over hundred homicides (the bulk of the year's tally) had
> been committed with as few as 13 individual guns. I know I have this study
> on file somewhere, but just spend over a hour in a pretty exhaustive search
> and failed to locate it. :-(
Thanks to John Briggs, who provided me with enough keywords to locate the
original posting and cite:
> From: John Garrett
> Subject: CBS Evening News
> Date: April 26, 1994 4:23:22 PM MST
>
> Tonight the CBS Evening News ran a story on a study of murders
> in Washington, DC over the last 12 months. Of 460+ murders in the city,
> police expected to have 460+ suspects to track. With ATF help, it was
> determined that the majority of ALL murders was committed with a VERY
> FEW weapons, something on the order of 13. The Assistant Secretery of
> the Treasury [I forgot his name, HELP ME OUT HERE] had suspected that
> such would be the case, and his view was proven right. Instead of a
> nearly 1:1 correlation [1] that the anti-gunners seem to expect, the
> ratio, based on the data as I remember it is over 460:13 [0.028].
> Bravo to CBS for finally doing the right thing. We need to take
> this information to our reps to help defeat pending "assault weapons"
> legislation. Seems like an awful lot of legal energy spent on a very
> few criminals. Does Gary Kleck know about this study? Does anybody
> have his address? Did anybody happen to tape this piece?
>
>> This was 13 unique, serial numbered pieces of steel -- not 13 "types" of
>> firearms (like ".38 revolvers") -- right?
>
> That's right. I called GOAL and told them they should look up the piece,
> as well as NRA. I then realized I could go back in time, so I called my
> buddy in Tucson and asked him to tape the West Coast feed, so I could be
> precise with the info, and give out names, like the Asst. Secy of
> Treasury, who had believed that many of the shootings had occured with
> few weapons. The ATF took brass from the scene and lead from the coroner
> or wherever they could get it, and did the matches. Guns can be uniquely
> identified by spent brass, so lead is not mandatory, but helps the case.
> I'll keep the list posted when I get more info.
> John
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