China News Service, June 16th. According to a report by Qiaobao.com, a long-term investigation by the Associated Press found that in the ten years from 2010 to 2019, at least 1,900 US military guns were lost or stolen, some of which were lost or stolen. Guns have appeared in violent crimes.

In the early morning of May 30, local time, a mass shooting occurred in Miami-Dade County in southeastern Florida, USA, resulting in 2 deaths and more than 20 injuries.

The picture shows the shooting scene.

  According to reports, government records covering the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force show that there are missing pistols, machine guns, and machine guns in armouries, supply depots, naval warships, shooting ranges and other places where firearms are used, stored or transported. The case of shotguns and automatic assault rifles.

  Reports pointed out that the disappearance of these weapons of war is often related to the door being unlocked, officers and soldiers sleeping, no surveillance system, intrusion and other security breaches.

In addition to firearms, military explosives have also been lost or stolen.

  According to reports, military weapons are particularly vulnerable to theft by the insiders responsible for keeping them, because they know how to use loopholes in the armory and the military's huge supply chain.

These people are usually at a lower level, and their purpose of stealing is to make money.

  It is said that military weapons flow into the public mainly through three methods: the direct sale of stolen goods by thieves, the transfer of hands through pawn shops and military surplus supplies stores, and online transactions.

  The Associated Press's investigation began 10 years ago. The investigation process was very difficult because the military's information records were inconsistent and unsustainable.

Previously, in the absence of periodic reporting requirements, the Pentagon was responsible for informing Congress of any "significant" weapon loss.

But since at least 2017, such notifications have not appeared again.

A senior U.S. Department of Defense official said that if a portable missile is lost, Congress will be notified, but it does not matter if a machine gun is stolen.

  According to reports, stolen military guns will be sold to gang members on the streets and used for violent crimes.

According to a recent statistics from the Criminal Justice Information Service of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), between 2010 and 2019, 22 firearms from the US military were used in felony cases.

  In response to these circumstances, the Ministry of National Defense spokesman Kirby said that they are not aware of the stolen ordnance appearing in civil crimes.