According to FBI crime statistics, more people were killed with hammers, knives, clubs and fists than with rifles between 2005 and 2011, Breitbart.com reported Thursday.
"This is an interesting fact, particularly amid the Democrats' feverish push to ban many different rifles, ostensibly to keep us safe of course," Awr Hawkins wrote.
In 2005, for example, 445 murders involved rifles while 608 were committed with clubs or hammers. 905 murders were committed with "personal weapons" like hands and feet. Knives were used in 1,920 murders that year and shotguns were involved in 522 murders. Handguns, however, accounted for 7,565 murders that year.
In 2011, rifles were used in 323 murders, while personal weapons accounted for 726. Blunt objects were used in 496 murders while knives accounted for 1,694. Handguns accounted for 6,220 murders.
Looking at the FBI statistics, one also notices a downward trend in all of the numbers, from the total murders reported, to the number of murders involving firearms.
"While the FBI makes it clear that some of the 'murder by rifle' numbers could be adjusted up slightly, when you take into account murders with non-categorized types of guns, it does not change the fact that their annual reports consistently show more lives are taken each year with these blunt objects than are taken with Feinstein's dreaded rifle," Hawkins added.
"The bottom line," Hawkins added, is that a ban on "assault" rifles "is as illogical as it is unconstitutional. We face far greater danger from individuals armed with carpenters' tools and a caveman's stick."
Perhaps Feinstein and her allies would be better off demanding that kitchen knives and bare hands be registered, requiring everyone to undergo training in their proper use.
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