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A report from the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety analyzed data from local police departments on nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes from 2020 to 2024, including where they came from.

n.prThousands of guns are found at crime scenes. What do they tell us?A report from the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety analyzed data from local police departments on nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes from 2020 to 2024, including where they came from.

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Make the Illegal possession of a firearm by a prohibited person or during the commission of a crime should be a life sentence in a maximum security prison with the most violent offenders. No sentencing guidelines. No parole. No plea deals. They’re gone for good. End recidivism that way.

The general availability of guns and the utter lack of regulation, tracking and management of firearms in this country is the problem. To lead with 3-D printed guns and then note that they represent only a fraction of the total shows an inability by NPR to report the uncomfortable truths