FBI Report: Over 5x As Many People Killed By Knives As Killed By Rifles

11/12/2014

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Hat/Tip to Truth Revolt.

The FBI released a report on homicide statistics and it was covered by NBC.

No wait, it was ABC.

Um, nope. It wasn’t them, either. Oh yeah! CBS?

The New York Times?

And you won’t see this report covered by any of the MSM, either. It just doesn’t fit their narrative.

According to the FBI statistics on murder victims for 2013, the number of gun-related homicides reached a five-year low, dropping eight percent since 2009.

The FBI reports that roughly two-thirds of the 12,253 people murdered in America in 2013 died by firearms. The total, 8,454, was down 9% since 2009, when it stood at 9,199. A large majority of gun-related homicides (5,782) were killed by people wielding handguns. The next largest category, “firearms, type not stated,” totaled 1,956. A far smaller portion were killed with rifles, shotguns, and “other guns” (285, 308, and 123, respectively).

The FBI released Crime in the United States, 2013 today, which shows that the estimated number of violent crimes in 2013 decreased 4.4 percent when compared with 2012 figures, and the estimated number of property crimes decreased 4.1 percent.

The FBI is also showing a big reduction in the number of murders involving rifles. In fact, the number of folks killed by knives is five times bigger now, when compared to murders involving knives.

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FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table 8

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So, what’s the take away here? That since five times as many people are murdered by knives, than rifles, do we need an “Assault-Knife Ban”?

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