Report: Memphis Leads Nation in Guns Stolen from Cars - Articles

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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 10, 2024

The gun safety group Everytown has released a report finding that 112,000 guns were reported stolen in the U.S. in 2022, with just over half taken from cars, a number that has tripled in the last decade. The Commercial Appeal reports that the study, which analyzed FBI crime data from 337 cities across 44 states, notes that Memphis had the highest number of cases in 2022 with 2,210 gun theft from car incidents, up from 329 in 2013. Atlanta and St. Louis were in the number two and three spots. The study notes that cities in states with high gun ownership and lax gun safety laws see nearly 18 times the rate of gun thefts from cars compared to states with stronger laws.