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FBI: Nearly Three Times More People Stabbed to Death Than Killed With Rifles, Shotguns Combined
Breitbart ^ | September 6, 2016 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 10/03/2016 4:52:41 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants

The FBI’s 2015 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) shows nearly three times more people were stabbed or hacked to death than were killed with rifles and shotguns combined.

Breitbart News previously reported this UCR shows nearly twice as many people were beaten to death with “hands, fists, feet, etc.” in 2015 than were killed with rifles of any kind.

According to the FBI, the number of people killed with rifles and shotguns in 2015 totals approximately 548. Nearly three times that many, approximately 1,573, were stabbed or hacked to death.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: crimestatistics; guns; knifeattacks; rifles; secondamendment; shootings
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already have it

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21 posted on 10/03/2016 7:33:46 PM PDT by LurkingSince'98 (Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam = FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD)
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Guns are too loud. Knives are much less likely to wake up the neighborhood.


22 posted on 10/03/2016 7:49:36 PM PDT by Clutch Martin
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