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"The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which compiles crime stats submitted by 15,875 of 18,674 U.S. law enforcement agencies around the country, estimates that more than $135 million worth of firearms were reported stolen by gun owners in 2020, the most recent year data is available. If we say each gun was valued at about $450 each (the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates the average price per stolen gun is between $400 and $500), that comes out to about 300,394 guns reported stolen from private owners in 2020.
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To add a little perspective, if all guns were confiscated, then of course those criminals would not be stealing guns to commit their crimes. However, most if not all of them would continue their criminal activity substituting other weapons as the means to attack their now unarmed victims. Criminals would be emboldened by the certain knowledge that their victims would be unarmed.
If law abiding gun owners were stripped of their means to defend themselves, their homes, and their families, then the two million or so DGU's each year would result in a successful crime.
