A key component of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) enforcement mission is the tracing of firearms on behalf of thousands of Federal, State, local and foreign law enforcement agencies. Firearms trace data is critically important information developed by ATF. ATF has prepared the following state-by-state reports utilizing trace data which is intended to provide the public with insight into firearms recoveries.
Perhaps an alternate title would be "BATFU Does PowerPoint."
One thing that strikes is that of all guns recovered during the report period, the "National Average Time-to-Crime" is 10.17 YEARS! That's quite some flow for the "pipeline, " wouldn't you agree?
But the thing that caught my immediate attention was the "Firearm Types" graphic presented for each state:
Where are all the "assault weapons" they're tracing? I mean, these are the bogeyman guns we're always hearing about from the Bradys and their "authorized journalist" heralds...
Aside from a very rare machine gun trace, all the other classifications I see make no distinction...
Hey, wait a minute...you don't think the antis might be all about manipulating semantics, that is, lying, do you...?
[Via Of Arms and the Law]