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Top Crime Guns...newly named by the ATF.

WyomingSwedeWyomingSwede Member Posts: 402 ✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
I am taking a page out of Josey's book. While perusing the net, there is a NEW...UNPUBLISHED...study by the ATF...exclusively for TIME.com. This is for the year 2000. The list follows:

. Smith and Wesson .38 revolver
2. Ruger 9 mm semiautomatic
3. Lorcin Engineering .380 semiautomatic
4. Raven Arms .25 semiautomatic
5. Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun
6. Smith and Wesson 9mm semiautomatic
7. Smith and Wesson .357 revolver
8. Bryco Arms 9mm semiautomatic
9. Bryco Arms .380 semiautomatic
10. Davis Industries .380 semiautomatic


The list is derived from the center's investigations of 88,570 guns recovered from crime scenes in 46 cities in 2000, is being analyzed for ATF's youth gun crime interdiction initiative, which helps local police forces understand and counter gun trafficking to youth in their jurisdictions


Funny thing...I dont notice any MilSurp arms on the list. I dont notice any excessive round magazines or bayonet lugs. They dont make any high capacity magazines for Lorcin, Bryco, or Davis firearms. Looks to me that..that which is cheapest is also most easily affordable for criminals. Course Time is not gonna cover those questions will they???


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  • Gordian BladeGordian Blade Member Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We already had a thread about this, but it's still kind of interesting.
    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24643

    My collection is pretty small, especially by the standards of some on this forum, but I own 2 on the list. I wonder what the record is for a private collection owned by people on this forum? Anyone own all 10? Dealer's stock doesn't count. If we go by % of the total collection that is on the list, I think I would win.
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No. 2................When only the Best will Do.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
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  • TazmuttTazmutt Member Posts: 862 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No. 5 - Baaaaaaaad Ol' Mooseberger, although when I break out my 590with pistol grip full stock, full magaize with bayonet hangin off it I get some raised eyebrows !
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Numbers 1, 5 & 7

    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,642 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    DAVIS?? They have to be kidding. The quality of the crimminal element in this country has really taken a nose dive! What do you do with a Davis? Use it as a blackjack, I guess.

    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    Now what kind of idiot declares a certain gun a crime gun? What a bunch of * passages. The criminal will use whatever is at his disposal, weather it be a pistol, revolver, shotgun, cheap gun, stolen gun, knife, pipe or ball bat. If they are a criminal, they will pursue criminal activities period. It makes no difference to them what they are using, its the end result that they are concerned with, and that is to instill fear in a hopefully over-matched apponent.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    How dare they leave off my Glocks!!? Actually, this is ironic news because there's nothing here for the anti-gunners to get a handle on, which is probably why they ignored it two years ago. It flies in the face of all their preferred propaganda. The truth often does that to the self-righteous -- makes 'em look foolish. Not to mention DEAD WRONG. Am I being too kind?

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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