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Originally posted by StarTraveler:

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Originally posted by joel9507:
Has there ever been a legally-permitted firearm used in a crime in DC?

Unfortunately, the article says yes:

"In 2019, there were 42 crimes involving registered firearms, and most were technical matters including improper registration or storage of the firearms, Newsham said. There was one fatal shooting, six assaults with a dangerous weapon and two robberies committed with firearms legally registered in the District. Newsham declined to identify the fatal shooting, but said it was ruled unjustified."

Leaving out the technical issues, what it doesn't say was how many firearms were used in the nine dangerous crimes and whether those legally registered firearms involved in those crimes were used by the legal registrant or if they were lost or stolen and used by others. Even more important, it doesn't mention how many crimes were committed by those using illegal firearms (other than the 135 homicides by firearms and 2,299 illegal firearms seized). Those two numbers that were reported by themselves prove that legally registered firearms are not a significant part of the problem.

(9 legal/(135+2299)) x 100 = 0.37% of the group of crimes reported in the article were committed with legally registered firearms.

If you consider all the other categories that were not included in the article, the percentage committed using legally registered firearms must be practically infinitesimal.