Posted: 9/13/2008 10:40:29 PM EDT
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From: Bureau of Justice Statistics Selected Findings Firearms, crime, and criminal justice Guns Used in Crime July 1995, NCJ-148201 By Marianne W. Zawitz BJS Statistician Assault weapons and offenders In the 1991 BJS Survey of State Inmates, about 8% of the inmates reported that they had owned a military-type weapon, such as an Uzi, AK-47, AR-15, or M-16. Less than 1% said that they carried such a weapon when they committed the incident for which they were incarcerated. A Virginia inmate survey conducted between November 1992 and May 1993 found similar results: About 10% of the adult inmates reported that they had ever possessed an assault rifle, but none had carried it at the scene of a crime. Two studies indicate higher proportions of juvenile offenders reporting possession and use of assault rifles. The Virginia inmate survey also covered 192 juvenile offenders. I think most of the juvies are full of shit when it come to them having possessed and use a "Assault Rifle" hence the skewed numbers, just them trying to be badassed infront of their peers. About 20% reported that they had possessed an assault rifle and 1% said that they had carried it at the scene of a crime. In 1991, Sheley and Wright surveyed 835 serious juvenile offenders incarcerated in 6 facilities in 4 States. In the Sheley and Wright study, 35% of the juvenile inmates reported that they had owned a military-style automatic or semiautomatic rifle just prior to confinement. Surveying felonious inmates is such a solid and trustworthy source of factual information.  Not to mention the main firearm used in the commission of a crime was a Lorcin P25. I could be wrong and they could be completely telling the truth but I think its just some "street cred" BS fucking the statistics and giving the Brady Bunch fodder.Link |
