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Fact is, many of "the hundred million like " you, BHM, are incompetent, irresponsible owners. "Sheesh" is right.
I cringe every time I read some 2A fanatic write that mandating safe storage is an infringment, an impediment to one's 2A rights.
A huge way those legally purchased firearms get into the hands of criminals is through theft, the ATF said. In five years, there were more than 1 million firearms stolen from private citizens and reported to authorities.
There's a caveat here, however. Federal law doesn't require individual gun owners to report the loss or theft of their firearm to police. And while local laws vary, it also isn't a requirement in many states to report a stolen gun, either ' so the number of gun thefts could be much higher.npr.org - Major takeaways from the atf gun violence report 