Police report staggering gun stats for 2019

There are over 12,000 motor vehicle thefts every year in Houston for an average of 33 a day.
There are another 33,500 vehicles reported broken into every year for an average of 92 a day, while 45 of those break-ins result in reports of burglaries of motor vehicles (BMVs) which involve damage and/or theft of property.
“And the big one is guns. It is the huge hit. In 2019, we had 2,800 guns stolen out of vehicles. That means there are 2,800 guns in the hands of criminals which is 222 to 274 guns a month,” said Sgt. Tracy Hicks of the Houston Police Department (HPD) Auto Theft Division.

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