http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/08/22/fun_with_trace_data/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/08/22/fun_with_trace_data/comment-page-1/#comment-179331 PN NJ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:43:54 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/22/fun_with_trace_data/#comment-179331 Check out the national average “time-to-crime” (ie, from purchase date to crime): over 10 years. Too bad ATF can’t (or won’t) tell us how many original purchasers were actually involved in crimes 10 years later. Bet the number is tiny. Check out the national average “time-to-crime” (ie, from purchase date to crime): over 10 years. Too bad ATF can’t (or won’t) tell us how many original purchasers were actually involved in crimes 10 years later. Bet the number is tiny.

]]> http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/08/22/fun_with_trace_data/comment-page-1/#comment-179328 Sebastian Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:35:30 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/22/fun_with_trace_data/#comment-179328 The one thing I think you can say from the data is that criminals don't like to drive very far to get their guns. New York City is the only weirdo state, but I think they are tracing any gun they find that doesn't show up in the state's registration system, so you're seeing the guns that appear in New York from everywhere else, and it literally is everywhere else. The one thing I think you can say from the data is that criminals don’t like to drive very far to get their guns. New York City is the only weirdo state, but I think they are tracing any gun they find that doesn’t show up in the state’s registration system, so you’re seeing the guns that appear in New York from everywhere else, and it literally is everywhere else.

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