KillerFord1977
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Interesting read on quick stats from CA on 2020 sampling of gun crime.
Pay attention to their “assault weapon” definition and how often it was used in gun crimes …
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Report
The ten regional crime laboratories operated by the Department’s Bureau of Forensic Services (BFS) completed examinations of 429 firearms during the 2020 calendar year, 82 of which qualified for inclusion in this report. A firearm is considered to be qualified for this report if forensic testing has positively tied it to at least one of the violent crimes defined by Penal Code section 667.5. Small inconsistencies in data totals are attributable to the fact that the categories in this report, other than firearm types and calibers, are not mutually exclusive; as a result, individual firearms may fit and be counted within multiple categories. For example, if a laboratory examined a stolen shotgun with a shortened barrel that was used in a homicide, that weapon would be counted in each of those categories.
Pay attention to their “assault weapon” definition and how often it was used in gun crimes …
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Report
The ten regional crime laboratories operated by the Department’s Bureau of Forensic Services (BFS) completed examinations of 429 firearms during the 2020 calendar year, 82 of which qualified for inclusion in this report. A firearm is considered to be qualified for this report if forensic testing has positively tied it to at least one of the violent crimes defined by Penal Code section 667.5. Small inconsistencies in data totals are attributable to the fact that the categories in this report, other than firearm types and calibers, are not mutually exclusive; as a result, individual firearms may fit and be counted within multiple categories. For example, if a laboratory examined a stolen shotgun with a shortened barrel that was used in a homicide, that weapon would be counted in each of those categories.
