Share of prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense, by offense U.S. 2016
This statistic shows the share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the United States in 2016, by offense committed. During the survey, two percent of prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense committed rape or sexual assault. Only 0.8 percent of rape/sexual assault offenders who possessed a firearm used a firearm during their offense.