A new report shows that Indiana is supplying more "crime guns" to the city of Chicago than any other state.

According to Chicago's annual Gun Trace report, data trends going back nearly a decade reveal that the majority of illegally used or possessed firearms recovered in Chicago are traced back to states with less regulation over firearms.

"More than two of every five traceable crime guns recovered in Chicago originate with their first point of sale at an Illinois dealer," said the report. "The remaining 60 percent of firearms come from out of state, with Indiana as the primary source for approximately one out of every five crime guns."

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From 2013 to 2016, 21 percent of "crime guns" in Chicago were traced back to an Indiana dealer. The next two states on the list were Mississippi with 5.1 percent, and Wisconsin with 4 percent.

The report defines a crime gun as a firearm recovered by Chicago Police that was illegally possessed, used or suspected to be used in furtherance of a crime. Since 2013, the Chicago Police Department has recovered nearly 7,000 crime guns each year.

Most Hoosier guns used in Chicago crime come from Northwest Indiana.

The third largest licensed gun dealer whose guns are used in Chicago crimes is Westforth Sports in Gary, while Cabela’s in Hammond has moved up to the fourth largest source dealer for crime guns over the past four years, according to the report.

About 90 percent of all recovered firearms were handguns, 4.8 percent were rifles and 4.7 percent were shotguns.

"So far in 2017, CPD is already on pace to exceed last year’s gun recoveries. It is self-evident that the availability of illegally circulated firearms in Chicago is directly connected to its deadly street violence," the report says. "Simply put, each conflict becomes potentially more lethal due to easy access to a gun."

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