Table 3 Handgun and purchase characteristics by criminal charge history
No criminal charge history N = 66,386 people (67,773 handguns) | Criminal charge history N = 13,292 people (13,611 handguns) | |
|---|---|---|
Index handguns | N (%) | N (%) |
N purchased | ||
1 | 65,435 (98.57) | 13,071 (98.34) |
2 | 745 (1.12) | 172 (1.29) |
3+ | 206 (0.31) | 49 (0.37) |
Retailer & transaction typea,b | ||
Non-pawn sale | 42,830 (63.20) | 8533 (62.69) |
Non-pawn private party | 11,130 (16.42) | 2103 (15.45) |
Non-pawn other | 7147 (10.55) | 863 (6.34) |
Pawn sale | 2794 (4.12) | 626 (4.60) |
Pawn private party | 758 (1.12) | 129 (0.95) |
Pawn redemption | 2249 (3.32) | 1209 (8.88) |
Pawn other | 467 (0.69) | 86 (0.63) |
Unknown | 398 (0.59) | 62 (0.46) |
Calibera | ||
Small | 7308 (10.78) | 1529 (11.23) |
Medium | 24,955 (36.82) | 5210 (38.28) |
Large | 35,400 (52.23) | 6854 (50.36) |
Unknown | 110 (0.16) | 18 (0.13) |
Categorya | ||
Semi-automatic pistol | 51,578 (76.10) | 10,341 (75.98) |
Revolver | 15,679 (23.13) | 3133 (23.02) |
Other | 489 (0.72) | 134 (0.98) |
Unknown | 27 (0.04) | 3 (0.02) |
Previous handguns | ||
N purchased | ||
0 | 35,447 (53.40) | 6794 (51.11) |
1 | 9925 (14.95) | 2100 (15.80) |
2 | 5696 (8.58) | 1298 (9.77) |
3+ | 15,318 (23.07) | 3100 (23.32) |