Posted on 10/08/2020 12:30:22 PM PDT by rktman
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2019 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind.
The UCR shows 364 were killed with rifles in 2019, while 1,476 were stabbed to death with “knives or cutting instruments.”
Ironically, rifles that the left refers to as “assault weapons” only comprise a small portion of rifles in general. After all, there are bolt action rifles and lever action rifles, as well as rifles with breech action, pump action, and semiautomatics designed specifically for big game hunting. The latter subsection of rifles includes those such as the Browning BAR Mark II Safari, which has a four-round detachable magazine.
Then there are the AR-15 platform rifles, which are now common in hunting as well as sport shooting, and there are rifles on AK-47 platforms, as well as the always popular Ruger Mini-14 and similar rifles.
Even if all those various rifle types together are combined under the simply heading of “rifles,” the FBI shows that over four times as many people were stabbed to death in 2019 than were killed with all types of rifles combined.
On September 30, 2019, Breitbart News reported that the FBI’s UCR for 2018 showed a similar finding, with over five times as many people stabbed to death with “knives or cutting instruments” as were killed with rifles of any kind.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I’ve been known to attack a steak with a knife...never a cow with a gun though.
...and how has London’s ban on knives worked out?
This is good, but I don’t trust anything at all coming out
of the FBI these days.
Have they found out who is funding ANTIFA or BLM rioters?
Crickets...
Any arrests for funding terrorism?
Crickets...
No, but they sure took down some rednecks at a very very
convenient time.
(In this case, yes it is necessary: /sarc)
How about banning knives that consist of more than the handle?
The FBI is the national law enforcement arm of the democrat party.
Just following orders.
Wait until we find out Hillary ordered this too.
Only half-kidding...
Pretty sure Draconian Leftist - Democrat Control would fix this.
If an FBI agent said to me “The sky is blue. Don’t you agree?” I would reply with “I don’t recall” look out my window, and call a lawyer.
Please ...
OMG! OMG!
Knives in tool drawers, knives in dressers, knives in cars! OMG!
Knives in every kitchen, in drawers, many out in the open in a wooden magazine, some really big and scary! OMG!
Knives in open view on tables in kitchens and restaurants! OMG!
Something MUST be done about knives! I demand Knife Control Laws NOW!
(No, I’m not a Brit ;)
The Hildabeast still has some power in the party.
Too many people remember what happened to Vince Foster.
Yep, we know what the public version was, but behind the
scenes we all know what really took place.
She is essentially a mob figure.
Democrats don’t want the truth... They want control... & they can’t have that with citizens that are armed...
How did Wray let that information get out?
Or the logo over the doors at DOH-j.
DON’T SAY ANYTHING!
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