More people are carrying guns than ever before, but the crime rate remains relatively low. WCCO’s Pat Kessler is looking at the numbers, and giving them a Reality Check.
We took a hard look at the numbers, and found: Minnesota has a high rate of gun ownership, and a relatively low rate of violent crime.
Minnesota’s violent crime rate hit a 50-year low in 2016, according to the FBI.
And in 2017, the state set a new record for firearms background checks.
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System reports it processed nearly 683,544 checks on gun buyers in 2017. That includes: 473,975 permits, 94,383 handguns and 125,516 long guns.
Minnesota set another 2017 record, too.
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3 comments:
Can't Back ground Check a Criminal who don't buy a gun
like good people do !!!
If they did they must be stupid
They steal / buy one from trunk of a car / make one with
No serial #'s / come on people WAKE UP !!!
Plenty of guns to get with NO Background checks !!! Dugh
Ghost Guns openly & Legally sells the parts with NO serial
numbers .....if you were a criminal , what would You do ???
The Md communist {MGA} dont want you to read or understand this. Crime is big business in MD, this is why they violate your 2A right, so you will not deter their cash cow.
MD just doesn't let poor people have them. Most all of the slumlords have CWW as do some of their employees that collect rent or make bank deposits. Business owners too, especially bars and restaurants, pawn shops, car dealers, towing companies, parts stores and laundromat owners. There are plenty of people in Wicomico with permits and they all have money.
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