Table 3

Severity of and Gun Involvement in Most Serious Charge Among Gun Seizure Respondents

Uniform Crime Report Tier 1: Index Crimes*Uniform Crime Report Tier 2: Other CrimesNon-Gun ChargeGun ChargeAny Arrest
Arrested
    No367 (92.9)309 (78.2)314 (79.5)381 (96.5)296 (74.9)
    At seizure7 (1.8)13 (3.3)15 (3.8)5 (1.3)20 (5.1)
    Year before7 (1.8)33 (8.4)35 (8.9)3 (0.8)38 (9.6)
    Year after15 (3.8)49 (12.4)51 (12.9)8 (2.0)58 (14.7)
Convicted
    No386 (97.7)336 (85.1)345 (87.3)390 (98.7)332 (84.1)
    At seizure§2 (0.5)9 (2.3)9 (2.3)2 (0.5)11 (2.8)
    Year before0 (0.0)20 (5.1)19 (4.8)1 (0.3)20 (5.1)
    Year after7 (1.8)32 (8.1)34 (8.6)2 (0.5)36 (9.1)
  • N = 395 subjects. Data are shown as n (%). Sum of columns exceeds 100% people may have been arrested before, during, and after gun seizure.

  • * FBI Uniform Crime Report index crimes: criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson.

  • FBI Uniform Crime Report other: other assaults (simple, non-aggravated), forgery and counterfeiting, fraud, embezzlement, stolen property offenses (buying, receiving, possessing), vandalism, weapons violations (carrying, possessing), prostitution and commercialized vice, other sex offenses, drug law violations, gambling, offenses against the family and children, driving under the influence, liquor law violations, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, suspicion, loitering, all other offenses.

  • Arrest occurred within 4 days before or after the gun seizure event.

  • § Conviction connected to an arrest that occurred within 4 days before or after the gun seizure event.