30,000 Guns Stolen in Tennessee Thanks to GOP

Saturday, February 03, 2024

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Nearly 30,000 firearms have been stolen from motor vehicles in Tennessee in the decade since Republican lawmakers voted to allow gun owners to keep their weapons in their cars and trucks without any penalty for those who leave them unsecured, a NewsChannel 5 analysis has discovered. In 2022 alone, the most recent year for which statewide numbers are available, data from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows that more than 5,000 guns were stolen from motor vehicles, in many cases putting them into the hands of dangerous individuals who are not legally entitled to possess firearms and are likely to commit other crimes.

The NRA/GQP couldn't be happier with these results.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-02-02 12:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

First thing I do when somebody is robbed is blame the victim. It's completely their fault.

#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-02-02 02:13 PM | Reply

Re: #1 Gun companies love this bit of news, too.

Re: #2 Okay...

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2024-02-03 03:57 PM | Reply

Irresponsible gun owners who should not be allowed to own them in the future.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-02-03 11:48 PM | Reply

It's pretty stupid to leave valuables in the car.

#5 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-02-04 08:28 AM | Reply

First thing I do when somebody is robbed is blame the victim. It's completely their fault.

#2 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

I can't agree with that. Sounds a bit extreme.

But can you agree that if have a deadly weapon you are responsible for that weapon? And NOT maintaining control of or securing your deadly weapons that is negligence? And if someone is harmed by your deadly weapon because you did not secure it properly it is criminally negligent?

The parents of the mass shooter in Florida are about to find out.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-02-04 10:19 AM | Reply

First thing I do when somebody is robbed is blame the victim. It's completely their fault.
#2 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Cry me a river.

If you leave valuables in your car, eventually they're gonna get taken.

Taking responsibility shouldn't be that hard. Especially for things that can kill you.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 10:38 AM | Reply

First thing I do when somebody is robbed is blame the victim. It's completely their fault.

#2 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Sounds like a Texas thing. Maybe that's because that's how they treat rape victims in Texas.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-02-04 10:52 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The parents of the mass shooter in Florida are about to find out.
#6 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

That should have been in reference to the case in Michigan. The jury is deliberating right now whether the mother is guilty of negligence.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-02-04 11:03 AM | Reply

I can't agree with that. Sounds a bit extreme.

#6 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY AT 2024-02-04 10:19 AM | FLAG:

That's because it was sarcasm. Victim blaming is victim blaming, and no, it's not your fault a criminal victimized you.

#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-02-04 11:50 AM | Reply

If you leave valuables in your car, eventually they're gonna get taken.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 10:38 AM | Reply | Flag

Sounds like some of the TN cities have a crime problem.

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-02-04 01:23 PM | Reply

"Sounds like some of the TN cities have a crime problem."

I bet you 99% of these gun owners who got their guns stolen will tell you that to protect themselves from crime is why they had guns to begin with.

Now they're out there facilitating crime.

Why not just leave loaded guns lying around on park benches? That's perfectly legal, right?

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 01:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Victim blaming is victim blaming, and no, it's not your fault a criminal victimized you.
#10 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Whose fault is it that criminals can get guns so easily in this country?
You can't fault anyone for that.
People like you are the problem.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 01:26 PM | Reply

Uh huh. Definitely me, not thieves.

#14 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-02-04 02:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

You have to learn not to worry about these things. It's just property, it's insured, and you'll get a better one. It's not worth shooting somebody over.

#15 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-02-04 02:32 PM | Reply | Funny: 3 | Newsworthy 1

Why not just leave loaded guns lying around on park benches?

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 01:25 PM | Reply | Flag

Lets see.... Because you don't have to break into a park bench?

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-02-04 03:28 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Definitely me, not thieves."

Definitely people who think it's okay to leave guns in their car, then get their guns stolen, then need to buy more guns to protect themselves from their own guns that they let get stolen.

Why are you going to bat for irresponsible people who allow their firearms to be taken by criminals? You're an -------.

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 03:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I always read, right here on the DR, that the reason we need guns is to protect ourselves from criminals with guns.

That. If all law abiding citizens were to relinquish their firearms, only the criminals would be left with firearms.

But. Here we have proof that the reason criminals have guns is because law abiding citizens are providing the criminals with guns.

The republican response, provided by our very own Sitz. It's no one's fault these guns were stolen but the criminals who stole them. Go buy newer, better guns.

Apparently gun owners have zero obligation to be responsible with their firearms. Store them somewhere criminals and children can't get access too. Like in a gun safe.

I'd call him re tar did. But then he'd probably shoot me.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-02-04 03:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Why not just leave loaded guns lying around on park benches?

That would be an interesting social experiment.

Frankly I'm all for it. It would make life way more interesting, I mean probably shorter as well but it would be an interesting short life.

#19 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2024-02-04 03:47 PM | Reply

"Why are you going to bat for irresponsible people who allow their firearms to be taken by criminals? You're an -------."

You're a frigging idiot, as usual on gun threads.

Using your "logic", if I had a gun in my car and one on my person, you'd be all for me shooting someone I caught breaking into my car. After all, I couldn't "allow" someone to steal my gun.

#20 | Posted by willowby at 2024-02-04 04:38 PM | Reply

It's stupid to leave guns in your car.

You're stupid for defending the people who do it.

Thanks for sharing your murder fantasy with us though. Glad you got that dopamine you clearly aren't getting at home.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 04:47 PM | Reply

If these unsecured firearms are used to commit crimes, the reckless owners should be responsible for civil damages.

Which dovetails nicely into requiring firearms insurance when you allow your gun to be taken outside of your residence.

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 04:52 PM | Reply

who allow their firearms to be taken by criminals? You're an -------.

#17 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2024-02-04 03:30 PM | FLAG:

You're a bitch, but here we are. You're going to bat for thieves and blaming the victims. No different than blaming the victim for getting raped. Her fault for not using the drug detecting straws and dressing like a ----, left herself unsecured.

#23 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-02-04 04:58 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

#20 | POSTED BY WILLOWBY

It's weird you people can't come out against negligent gun owners.

Really weird.

Swallow it.

#24 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2024-02-04 05:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Really weird you people can't condemn the criminal.

Swallow THAT.

#25 | Posted by willowby at 2024-02-04 05:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

In states where people have the good sense to consider locking up guns a no-brainer, leaving your firearm lounging around unsecured isn't just a bad idea"it's flat-out illegal. So, really, the first one playing the villain here isn't some mysterious thief; it's the gun owner who thinks their vehicle is a suitable storage spot.

Funny how that works, eh?

Whoops!

#26 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2024-02-04 05:10 PM | Reply

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FAUX "NEWS" OUTRAGE IF THIS HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA?????

Idiots.

#27 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-02-04 05:25 PM | Reply

"Really weird you people can't condemn the criminal."

Is it necessary for me to condemn the criminal for you to be able to discuss the ramifications of the crime?

You are behaving like a child.

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 05:38 PM | Reply

"You're going to bat for thieves and blaming the victims. "

Who in the world can you possibly say I am going to bat for here.

If I leave a gun in my car, and it gets stolen, I am going to bat for the criminals, by providing them with easy access to a gun.

Making it easy for criminals to get guns is a stupid thing to do. Stop defending it.

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 05:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FAUX "NEWS" OUTRAGE IF THIS HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA?????"

States with common sense secure gun storage laws also reduce youth gun violence dramatically (with households that lock firearms and ammunition seeing up to 85% fewer unintentional injuries). States with storage laws also make for better safety practices, with researchers finding they reduce accidents, injuries and deaths in young people.

And I bet if your children can't access them it also makes it harder for criminals to steal them from you.

Win win!

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-02-04 05:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Any policy that results in 30,000 guns being stolen is $#!+ policy

#31 | Posted by hamburglar at 2024-02-04 06:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Re 29.

It's a common tactic of maga republicans. Try to get you to argue against a strawman statement they just made up to try and deflect the thread from the actual topic. Especially when they have no actual argument. They love to use it in death penalty debates, too. It's also an attempt to invoke and appeal to emotions instead of logic.

#32 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-02-04 06:31 PM | Reply

#32

Hilarious. You far left morons do it all the time. You two are very familiar with it.

#33 | Posted by willowby at 2024-02-04 07:20 PM | Reply

The best argument against the 2nd amendment is the average gun owner.

#34 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-04 08:23 PM | Reply

First thing I do when somebody is robbed is blame the victim. It's completely their fault.

#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg

Maybe the first think you should be doing is changing your tampon.

#35 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-04 08:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

If these unsecured firearms are used to commit crimes, the reckless owners should be responsible for civil damages.

Yup.

Same as people who commit 'it just went off' "accidents" should be charged with negligence of some sort, particularly if someone is injured or killed.

#36 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-04 08:28 PM | Reply

You're going to bat for thieves and blaming the victims.

No, leaving an unsecured firearm accessible to the public is just stupid. Those people should be called out.

Go ahead and cry about it if you'd like.

#37 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-04 08:29 PM | Reply

First thing I do when somebody is robbed is blame the victim. It's completely their fault.
#2 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

No, the first thing you did was mischaracterize the criticism which is aimed at legislators who encourage this behavior, not the people who engage in it.

#38 | Posted by JOE at 2024-02-04 08:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I thought ----------- was dead.

#39 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-02-04 09:01 PM | Reply

Hilarious. You far left morons do it all the time. You two are very familiar with it.
#33 | POSTED BY WILLOWBY

How many guns are in your car right now?
If it's less than one, what are you crying about?

#40 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 09:06 PM | Reply

Sitzkrieg is really having a hard time lately.
I don't know what's going on with that guy.
It's like seeing someone you thought was smart become a Republican.

#41 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-04 09:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

A huge percentage of the guns carried and used by convicted felons were stolen from cars. I joke that if the apocolypse came, I could find all the guns I need to outfit a militia in one apartment complex parking lot. Passing laws that require guns to be stored securely (and enforcing them) is the FIRST thing that needs to be done to stem gun violence.

#42 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-02-04 09:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

#43 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2024-02-04 09:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

swallow it

#44 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-02-04 10:00 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

If a gun is stolen by a convicted felon and they use it to fight state sanctioned violence then I'd say it was used for the sole purpose it was manufactured.

#45 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-02-04 10:16 PM | Reply

Hopefully lots of cops die.

#46 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-02-04 10:16 PM | Reply

All of them, preferably.

A large percentage would be fine by me.

#47 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-02-04 10:16 PM | Reply

#42 Too bad a major US political party is so cucked by a corrupt Russian money laundering outfit that they will oppose literally any new rules pertaining to guns regardless of how reasonable or lifesaving those measures may be.

#48 | Posted by JOE at 2024-02-05 12:23 AM | Reply

You're going to bat for thieves and blaming the victims. No different than blaming the victim for getting raped.
#23 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Did you feel yourself get dumber when you wrote that?

People being irresponsible with their firearms, leaving them where they can be stolen. Is the same as someone getting raped.

The sheer amount of stupidity it took for you to make such a statement is astounding.

Everyone who had their guns stolen should be fined.

The rapist will be rewarded with parental visitation rights. Can't deny a father from seeing his grandchild.

#49 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-02-05 01:10 AM | Reply

So, breaking into cars is not the problem according to the lefties on this site. They were all "mostly peaceful" break-ins.

#50 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-02-05 11:03 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Repugs are the -------- who say guns prevent crime. What gives?

#51 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-02-05 11:07 AM | Reply

#42 | POSTED BY MIRANDA7

I couldn't agree more. Irresponsible gun owners are the reason criminals have most of the guns they do.

#52 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-02-05 12:22 PM | Reply

#50 no.

But you knew that.

#53 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-05 12:36 PM | Reply