Last year 1.4 million vehicles were stolen, 11.2 percent more than in 1987, for a loss of $7 billion.
On average, about 215 vehicles were stolen in the city every day - more than four times the current rate.
The gun and the vehicle were both stolen from his father.
The vehicle stolen in 76 percent of the cases surveyed was a car.
And there was no report of any other civilian or military vehicle stolen.
It ranks the total number of vehicles stolen by make, model and year.
Despite elaborate alarm systems, nearly 400,000 vehicles were stolen last year.
"We're hoping to track down a vehicle stolen from his shop in 1969."
Miraculously, the vehicle hadn't been stolen though it obviously was about to be.
As in the United States, most vehicles are stolen for parts.