Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California

Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California: 2010–2021

The number of crime guns recovered in the state has grown over the last decade by close to 70%, from a rate of 64.6 per 100,000 population to ...

Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California: 2010-2021 - PubMed

Firearm-related interpersonal violence is a leading cause of death and injury in cities across the United States, and understanding the ...

Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California: 2010-2021

With close to 8 million legal firearm transaction records in California (2010–2020) linked to over 380,000 records of recovered crime guns (2010–2021), we ...

2023 - Firearms Used in the Commission of Crimes - Report

3 As a result, the data in this report may not be representa ve of gun-use trends within urban areas or within California as a whole. DOJ also issues a separate ...

CRIME GUNS IN CALIFORNIA

Other causes of gun death include suicides, legal interventions, and unintentional shootings. 3. The AFS is a repository of firearm records ...

More violent crimes are being committed with guns in California

But the rate for 2022 remains noticeably higher than pre-pandemic figures. Guns were used in 71.2% of homicides and 21.8% of assaults in 2022, ...

Firearms Trace Data: California - 2022 - ATF

Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which ...

Fewer 'ghost guns' linked to crime in California, but problem persists

DOJ statistics show a steady increase in the number of ghost guns seized that were linked to crimes statewide from 2010 through 2021. That ...

Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California: 2010–2021 - OUCI

We document the rapid growth of PMFs over the past 2–3 years and find theft plays some, though possibly diminishing, role as a crime gun source. Finally, we ...

Leadership in the Storm: Gavin Newsom Champions Gun Safety in ...

... trends from previous years, the 2020 gun homicide ... firearm manufacturers and dealers are the leading sources of crime guns in California.

Stolen Guns Are More Likely to Be Used in Crimes, Study Finds

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, analyzed millions of gun sales records to show how legally acquired guns make their way onto ...

Sources of Crime Guns in Los Angeles, California

This study identified the sources of guns used in crimes in Los Angeles, California. Abstract. The data set consisted of 5,002 guns recovered by police agencies ...

Crime Trends in California - Public Policy Institute of California

Although robberies involving a firearm are 11.5% higher in 2023 compared to 2019, the share of robberies that involve firearms has declined from 23.6% to 20.5%.

Gun Violence Increases in California - Pacific Research Institute

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2016, 90 percent of firearms used in crimes were not obtained from a retail source. Only ...

Data Source: Firearms Tracing System - California - ATF

Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime. • Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of ...

Who is Manufacturing the Guns Used in Crimes?

These two weapons were produced by Glock and Taurus—two of the country's leading crime gun manufacturers ...

Ghost guns and crime: a tale of two California cities

... trends. This research advances epidemiological understanding of emergent violent gun injury prevention challenges by identifying variations ...

How firearms move from legal purchase to criminal use

Between 1996 and 2021, more than 5.2 million handguns and almost 2.9 million long guns were legally purchased in California.

Where Crime Guns Come From: Characterizing and Mapping ...

This will provide a comprehensive and detailed study of the nature, structure and dynamics of California's crime gun markets and the sources of firearms used in ...

Purchaser, firearm, and retailer characteristics associated with crime ...

Purchaser characteristics associated with crime gun recovery included: being younger, female, Black, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander, or other ...