( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “secure their firearms.” The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country. [CutID: <Cuts> STOLEN-CARS-GUNS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: STOLEN-CARS-GUNS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: secure their firearms] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The findings […]
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Gun thefts from cars are at triple the rate they were 10 years ago
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “secure their firearms.”
The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The findings are in a report provided to The Associated Press that analyzed FBI data from 337 cities in 44 states.
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VERBATIM: An analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown shows the rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year. It also spiked during the coronavirus pandemic along with a major surge in weapons purchases. The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the alarming trend underscores the need for Americans to safely secure their firearms.