There is a lot of interesting information here:
Bureau of Justice Statistics Firearms and Crime Statistics
Especially in the articles linked at the bottom of the page. One of the articles notes that, of all the household burglaries each year, roughly 326,000 of them involve theft of a firearm. I wonder what effect 326,000 yearly gun thefts, where presumably most of the stolen guns were legal and licensed, would have on overall gun crime. I imagine that most of the stolen guns stay in the black market.
Quote:
According to the 1997 Survey of State Prison Inmates, among those possessing a gun, the source of the gun was from -
a flea market or gun show for fewer than 2%
a retail store or pawnshop for about 12%
family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source for 80%
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They also noted that less than 1% of victims of crime attempt to defend themselves with a firearm during the crime.