Jim Watson
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Yesterday S&W Plastic M&P at IDPA, today STI Eagle at USPSA.
Maybe 25 years ago (back in the Clinton ban era) the ATF put out a list of the top 10 firearms used in crimes ... #1 was a S&W 38, I don't remember what the other 9 were but none were on the "ban" list and I remember it all boiled down to what looked scary. The ones like the AR, AK, HK 91,93,94, MP5 the UZI ... anything with a threaded muzzle, bayo lug, pistol grip, retractable or collapsible stock etc..I shot a Kel-Tec SUB 2000 that the Homicide detective thought was used in a murder a few months ago. They wanted a rush on the gun. I was able to eliminate it as the murder weapon very quickly. There were two different 9mm firearms used in the shooting and all the cartridge cases had drag marks from the firing pins. The Sub 2000 is a blowback. Blowbacks don’t leave drag marks.
Also got to shoot a Remington RM380. It was the first one to come across my desk. We just don’t see those used in crimes.
The most common gun found in police evidence is the S&W SW and SD pistols. The SD9VE and SD40VE pistols are very popular due to their price and the fact that they function very well. Glocks would be next.Maybe 25 years ago (back in the Clinton ban era) the ATF put out a list of the top 10 firearms used in crimes ... #1 was a S&W 38, I don't remember what the other 9 were but none were on the "ban" list and I remember it all boiled down to what looked scary. The ones like the AR, AK, HK 91,93,94, MP5 the UZI ... anything with a threaded muzzle, bayo lug, pistol grip, retractable or collapsible stock etc..
The thing I thought was the most stupid of the features prohibited featrues that made a weapon scary was the bayonet lug ... like there had been a wave of drive by bayonet-tings or something ....
Anyway, I was wondering if there was a new list ... or what is the most common firearm you see used in a crime?