Florida a top source of guns linked to out-of-state crimes

[jpak]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-florida-gun-crimes-20111019,0,6000681.story

More than 2,000 Florida guns last year were linked to crimes committed around the country, and experts say they likely came from the cars and homes of law-abiding Floridians.

In 2010, law-enforcement officers around the country traced 2,251 crime guns to Florida, one of the states with the most guns traced in out-of-state crimes. It follows Georgia's 2,568 guns and Texas' 2,301, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

That's because Florida has a huge number of gun owners, and burglars find the weapons when breaking into their homes and cars, authorities said.

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"In almost any burglary to a residence, a gun will turn up," Boynton Beach Police Sgt. Sedrick Aiken said. "There's a lot of stolen guns out there."

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lots of law abiding gun CULTure in FL

not

[Remmah2]

1. A burglar in jail can't break into a house.

Crime and mismanagement, that's the bureaucratic way.

[ileus]

2. "If anything, it's lax law enforcement,"

[jmg257]

3. Time to start removing those burglars...stealing stuff sucks nt

[rrneck]

4. Disasterous fiscal policy linked to indigenous crimimal population. nt

[GreenStormCloud]

5. 2,251 guns out of several million guns. That's a very low percentage. N/T

[ileus]

6. Ahhhhh but one is good enough reason for a total ban...

[friendly_iconoclast]

7. The OP would like readers to forget that it's the 4th largest state.

I suspect the only reason Georgia had more was that it's easier to get to...

[rl6214]

8. Criminals doing criminal things...

and only YOU would blame law abiding citizens for that.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Is it illegal to be the victim of a burglary?

"lots of law abiding gun CULTure in FL"

Not sure if that was a statement or a sarcastic accusation. If sarcasm, you've hardly backed it up.

[Glassunion]

10. Please explain California or New York

Thousands of guns originating in those states with strict gun control are used in crimes outside of the state.

[SteveM]

11. Florida voted for who in 2008? And you call the state a "cult?"

When prohibitionists use culture war to the exclusion of anything else, their effect on their "cause" weakens, even as their "enemies" gain strength thereby.