Criminals Getting Hundreds Of Firearms From Legal Gun Owners | FOX2now.com
Force people to disarm AND leave their guns unattended in a public place - brilliant.
Yet another unintended consequence of "gun free zones"....
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)– It`s easy for criminals to get guns. You might be surprised at who`s supplying many of them. Investigative reporter Chris Hayes broke down the staggering numbers of guns stolen from parked cars.
(Click on our map of locations where criminals are stealing guns from cars.)
Many criminals are beginning to expect to find a gun in a car. They might break your window just to see if you have a firearm under your seat. The criminals are finding them, hundreds of them.
Saint Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson told me, ‘It has a direct impact and correlation to the crime we have.’
Dotson says he respects your right to bear arms, but wants you to remember the places that don`t allow them. He said, ‘You can`t take your gun into a sports event with more than 5,000 people. So don`t bring it with you and leave it in the car, churches, shopping malls, theatres.’
It appears some people forget they`re carrying. That`s how TSA agents explain dozens of guns they discover every week in airports. Just last week the TSA said it discovered 57 passengers with firearms. Agents documented 47 of the firearms were loaded.
People who leave guns in their cars may be trying to do the right thing, by keeping them out of businesses that prohibit them. Whatever the reason, criminals have it figured out where there`s plenty of supply.
Part of the solution may be gun lockboxes. You can find them for as low as $35 and they can be bolted in your car or secured by a locked cable.
Force people to disarm AND leave their guns unattended in a public place - brilliant.
Yet another unintended consequence of "gun free zones"....
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