jimnyc
10-09-2019, 05:29 PM
Look at the things that come in front of rifles, beginning with knives. And then hammers.
But the AR-15 is scarier than a knife or a hammer. Wouldn't it make sense to go after the things that kill the most? That is, if your goal is to save lives?
The deaths aren't because of AR-15's, or because of rifles, or assault weapons.... they are because of psycho people that are determined to kill.
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More People Killed by Knives Than by Rifles, Shotguns, But Handguns Used in Most Murders
(CNSNews.com) – The 2018 homicide data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that more people were murdered with knives (1,515) and “blunt objects” such as hammers (443) than with rifles (297). The numbers also show that fewer people were killed with shotguns (235) than with knives or blunt objects.
However, the vast majority of homicides (6,603) were committed with handguns.
The FBI crime statistics show that 10,265 murders were committed by firearms, all types, in 2018: 6,603 murders by handguns; 297 by rifles; 235 by shotguns; 167 by “other guns”; and 2,963 by “firearms, type not stated.”
https://cdn.cnsnews.com/styles/content_100p/s3/fbi_crime_data_2018.jpg
While there were 1,515 homicides by “knives or cutting instruments” in 2018, there were 1,698 knife murders in 2017, 1,558 in 2016, and 1,525 in 2015.
Five people were murdered by poison in 2018; four by explosives; 72 by fire; 78 by narcotics (homicides); nine by drowning; 70 by strangulation; and 90 by asphyxiation.
Another 900 people were killed by “other weapons or weapons not stated.”
Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/kharen-martinez-murcia/more-people-killed-knives-rifles-shotguns-handguns-used-most
But the AR-15 is scarier than a knife or a hammer. Wouldn't it make sense to go after the things that kill the most? That is, if your goal is to save lives?
The deaths aren't because of AR-15's, or because of rifles, or assault weapons.... they are because of psycho people that are determined to kill.
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More People Killed by Knives Than by Rifles, Shotguns, But Handguns Used in Most Murders
(CNSNews.com) – The 2018 homicide data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that more people were murdered with knives (1,515) and “blunt objects” such as hammers (443) than with rifles (297). The numbers also show that fewer people were killed with shotguns (235) than with knives or blunt objects.
However, the vast majority of homicides (6,603) were committed with handguns.
The FBI crime statistics show that 10,265 murders were committed by firearms, all types, in 2018: 6,603 murders by handguns; 297 by rifles; 235 by shotguns; 167 by “other guns”; and 2,963 by “firearms, type not stated.”
https://cdn.cnsnews.com/styles/content_100p/s3/fbi_crime_data_2018.jpg
While there were 1,515 homicides by “knives or cutting instruments” in 2018, there were 1,698 knife murders in 2017, 1,558 in 2016, and 1,525 in 2015.
Five people were murdered by poison in 2018; four by explosives; 72 by fire; 78 by narcotics (homicides); nine by drowning; 70 by strangulation; and 90 by asphyxiation.
Another 900 people were killed by “other weapons or weapons not stated.”
Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/kharen-martinez-murcia/more-people-killed-knives-rifles-shotguns-handguns-used-most