| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 16, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
The Crime World's Weapons of Choice Top guns traced to crimes in 1998 TYPE NO. OF TRACES SMITH & WESSON .38 PISTOL 8,096 LORCIN ENGINEERING .380 PISTOL 5,746 STURM RUGER 9mm PISTOL 4,594 RAVEN ARMS .25 PISTOL 4,520 NORTH CHINA IND. 7.62mm RIFLE 4,224 MOSSBERG 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN 3,970 SMITH & WESSON 9mm PISTOL 3,968 SMITH & WESSON .357 PISTOL 3,849 DAVIS INDUSTRIES .380 PISTOL 3,350 MARLIN .22 RIFLE 3,235 DATA: BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
![]() RELATED ITEMS Gunmakers Under Fire COVER IMAGE: Under Fire TABLE: A Divided Camp TABLE: The Crime World's Weapons of Choice PHOTO: Marlin .22 Rifle TABLE: Gun Restrictions: What's on the Table TABLE: How One Gun Got into the Wrong Hands No Surrender from Mr. Saturday Night Special Flash Point on the Road to the White House Commentary: Guns Are Wounding America's Image Abroad INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||||||