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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
Maybe if you break down firearms into rifles vs handguns it's true. |
That's why I said rifles. And snopes is biased as h3!!. Even they have their agenda. Snopes is masterful at comparing apples and oranges, cherry picking data, etc. The same technique you used by posting a lot of "data" regarding gun violence versus other weapons, as if it refuted my assertion, which it did not.