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Originally Posted by tomwed

the claim that more people are killed by baseball bats than by firearms, an assertion typically cited as a truism which is borne out by FBI statistics.

Read more at snopes.com: Gun Deaths vs. Baseball Bat Deaths

However, information gathered by the FBI does not support this claim. The Uniform Crime Reports made available on the "Crime in the U.S." section of the FBI's web site includes homicide data that breaks down killings by the types of weapons used. In 2011, the percentages for weapon types used in homicides throughout the U.S. were as follows:
Firearms: 67.8%
Knives or other cutting instruments: 13.4%
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.): 5.7%
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.): 3.9%
Other dangerous weapons: 9.2%

Read more at snopes.com: Gun Deaths vs. Baseball Bat Deaths

Not a big fan of Snopes.com but glad you posted that tomwed. I had some problems of a serious nature with Snopes.com in my 224 613 Project but they can be very useful for research. Let's just say Snopes received a lot of e-mails from me back in the day to rival the number of e-mails I had sent to other entities. It is just a couple in Los Angeles-- the Mikkelsons-- who had a good idea.