On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 06:26:03 GMT, Mike In Santa Cruz
wrote:

Most stolen guns are handguns

Because most guns are such?

Victims report to the Victim Survey that in 53% of
the thefts of guns, handguns were stolen. The
FBI's stolen gun file's 2 million reports include
information on--
1.26 million handguns (almost 60%)
470,000 rifles (22%)
356,000 shotguns (17%).

Nothing there about automatics?

From 1985 to 1994, the FBI received an annual
average of over 274,000 reports of stolen guns

How many automatic weapons are stolen?

Under the provisions of the National Firearms Act,
all automatic weapons such as machine guns must be
registered with the ATF. In 1995, over 240,000
automatic weapons were registered with the ATF.
As of March 1995, the NCIC stolen gun file
contained reports on about 7,700 machine guns and
submachine guns.

How do the ratios compare?
Are automatics the gun of choice?

7700/240000 = 2,000,000/X .... how big is X?

That might tell more of the tale.
--
Cliff