Gun violence in New Jersey's cities sent the state's homicide rate to a seven-year high in 2013. Meanwhile, Gov. Chris Christie signed more than a dozen gun control measures into law, driven not only by violence at home but also by a larger national debate over firearms.
Yet like many places in the northeast, most of the guns involved in crimes here in Jersey come from out of state. So exactly where do New Jersey criminals get their weapons?
The interactive map below is based on data released last year by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which successfully traced 2,112 of the 3,595 "crime guns" recovered in New Jersey in 2012 (2013 data isn't available yet). The ATF data offers the best available window into the hidden flow of firearms between states. Here are some highlights from NJ.com's analysis:
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2 comments:
His gun-control stance will be one of the reasons he is NOT elected as president in the upcoming cycle.
I hope he doesn't get that close as it means another Democrat will win and we're in enough trouble as a country as it is.
Between bridge-gate cover-ups, buddy-buddying with the communist in chief, and his RINO ways, the Republican party better put up better than this!
Eric Holder sends them guns, just like he did for the drug cartels in Mexico!
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