Well, well, what do we have here, Sen. Dianne Feinstein? An article by Breitbart.com’s AWR Hawkins says that, according to FBI murder statistics, more murders are committed with hammers than with rifles.
Kind of puts a nail in Feinstein’s argument that it’s important to get “dangerous weapons of war” off the streets, doesn’t it?
Feinstein, the driving force behind the original assault weapons ban that lasted from 1994 to 2004, said she would introduce legislation to the new Congress calling for a new, more aggressive weapons ban in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.
The FBI statistics, from 2005 to 2011, show that more people were killed with “blunt instruments” like hammers and clubs than by rifles, which is what Feinstein wishes to ban again.
Hawkins wrote:
For example, in 2011, there were 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs. While the FBI makes is 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.
Feinstein may want to take a look at those numbers. Better yet, have her take a look at the fact that in 2011, more than double the amount of people killed with rifles were killed by — wait for it — “personal weapons” like hands and feet. She needs to realize we need our rifles for self-defense against people with hands and hammers.
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The FBI data includes suicides in the data. And there are a lot of suicides done with firearms.
Impressive deception. How do you lump all blunt instrument deaths, call them all “hammers” and then compare them against statistics for only single-shot rifles? Truth is, about 9000 gun deaths per year in the USA. That trumps hammers, blunt instruments, hands, feet, and knives combined – by over a factor of ten.
Crap statistics are crap statistics.
exactly. Funny how people grab on to little bits of ‘information’ and don’t know or don’t care what all has been left out to make the info fit what they want it to. Amazing, and disturbing (since these people think they have a right to have assault weapons.)
It’s more funny how others, like you totally ignore facts to promote a silly agenda. I realize that liberals don’t want to be confused by facts. This entire exercise is designed to parade the dead bodies of these unfortunate children around, and scream that conservatives hate children and want to see them dead. There is no statistical evidence that banning a short list of certain weapons will do anything to prevent another lunatic from killing innocents. They tried it in the 90s and it didn’t do anything. Handguns are used in exponentially more killings, and yet Mz Feinstein has no objection to them, and even packs one herself for personal protection. And can the “who needs an AR15 argument” because who needs a luxury car, swimming pool, or private jet (Mz Pelosi)? The fact is, the Constitution confirms our God given right to own whatever weapon we want. “The RIGHT to bear arms shall not be infringed”. And that doesn’t mean sleeveless t-shirts.
Look fact is you both missed the point, period. They are trying to ban assault weapons ( semi auto rifles that look scary ). The point is that these rifles are not the issue, the point is that it is a false argument, a false argument designed to suck you in to an emotional state rather than a logical one, your much easier to lead around by the nose in that emotional state because your not thinking in that state, you are just reacting. What a bunch of nub dupes you are. When I started to look in to the statistics my self I just about pooped my pants when I saw how many hand guns were used to cause death of another human being, whats more astounding is that 96 percent of those were in areas of heavy handed gun restrictions. The issue is not rifles that look scary, the issue is culture.
Anti gunners are pretty stupid and all their comments below prove it.
My late Uncle Dick was a Carpenter by trade just like Jesus, and a WWII Vet. The sad thing is that while distraught over impending blindness at the age of 72, one Monday morning in October of 1992 while under the influence of alchohol he went down into his cellar with his hunting shotgun, put a pool stick in the trigger area as he positioned the barrel in his rib cage, he leaned over and stepped on the pool stick. His wife said she never heard the sound of the gun going off, and found his body several hours later. Now I wonder why he never used one of his hammers?
He probably never used one of his hammers because it is nearly impossible to beat yourself to death. If you have any doubts, try it yourself.
Please.
if we limit or take away guns people will find a way one way or another.why don;t we hear more about the mental state of people and the mental abuse that we allow in schools and every day life -some of our children are so abusive to others.does it seem like words are more dangerous than guns by far when words are used wrongly.please think about that. JESUS with words saves our souls and loves every one of us.please hear JESUS.
To: Patrick Castillo. I don’t know were you got your inforamtion from, But if it was 9000 gun deaths per year
I will show you 9000 idots that pull the trigger. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GUN THAT GOT OF THE gun case
and went and kill any body or any thing. HAVE YOU SEEN A GUN THAT HAS DONE NO!!!! YOU HAVE NOT.
So lets put the blame where be blame where it belongs. I blame the mother in conn. she new her son need help
cause told the baby sitter never turn her back on him. If She had got help for him She would be alife and all the kids too.
When I was 10 years old my grandfather put my 22 in my hands and told me to LOOK HARD at it, cause it will kill anything
that I POINT IT AT AND PULL THE TRIGGER. He said it will kill me or you mother daddy or any thing that i point it at, That has stuck with me al life and l the time that have been hunting. So Point is The GUN DOSE NOT KILL IT IS THE IDOTS THAT PULL THE TRIGGER. I have had my say. IF we lose our guns we will no way to protect ourselfs or our family. I don’t blame the police it takes 5-10 minutes to get there to help you when a 357 mugaim takes 1/1000 0f a sec. So tell me what you want if you and your family is in danger.
If the gun can’t do anything by itself then why own one if it takes an idiot to use one?
Hey IDIOT! Read the post before you reply. It doesn’t take an idiot to use a gun. It takes an idiot, like you, to be irresponsible and stupid with it.
If you learn how to use it properly, a gun in an invaluable tool. It is used to provide protection and food for your family.
How many hammers HAVE YOU SEEN THAT GOT UP and killed somebody? (sorry for the shouting, just trying to match your emphasis)
Probably like 20,000 right? Hammers leaping up, left and right, killing humans. Damn hammers.
And my hammer I mean any blunt force object, cause, you know, duh… stop. Hammer time.
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. But hammers, they kill people.
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I agree that its probably the idiots that pull the triggers. But, based upon the sheer numbers of people killed by firearms in this country, would you say that we seem to have more idiots than other countries out more opportunities for idiots to pull the triggers? Also think of this: What is one of these “idiots” is sitting down to his TV, lovingly holding his AR15. Normal 30-round mag in it. He wants to feel the power that sits withing the piece. With a flick of his finger, intentionally or not, he could try sent one or more of those .223 rounds through his walls and into yours and through anything else in its way. He didn’t mean it. He was just the idiot that pulled the trigger. Accidents do happen. He was just looking for a little of the feeling he gets from holding his powerful “Assault Weapon”. A weapon that could shred and explode body parts with each of its rounds’ firing. Remember, its not the gun that kills people, its the people that kills people. I wonder what the “idiot” watches when he holds his piece. 24? Homeland? Good Grief, Charlie Brown.
You clearly have no understanding of the AR-15. A .223 calibre round can hardly “shred and explode body parts”. And it certainly won’t go through a wall. It’s slightly larger than the .22 which is used to shoot squirrels. Now what if your hypothetical nitwit was cuddling his 9MM glock? Hmm, why aren’t they banning that? Because it wasn’t used in the most recent news story and doesn’t have everyone up in emotional arms. No dead little kiddies whose bodies you can drag around and try to make a case that conservatives hate children and want to see them dead. Now if you take FACTS, what about Raul who is down the block beating or choking his wife to death because he found her with another guy? Or another woman, while watching The L Word on Lifetime? Now you have two cause du jour to deal with, gay rights and spousal abuse. More likely to happen, statistically. What do you do about that?
The first paragraph may be a bit misleading by using the word “hammers” without explaining its place in the blunt object category (a claim which paragraph 4 clarifies), but the statistics are otherwise correct. For a look at the rates from 2007 – 2011, open this link:
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/CIUS2011datatables.zip
It will be under CIUS2011datatables.zip\CIUS2011datatables\SHR Tables 2011\Expanded_Homicide_Data_Table_8_Murder_Victims_by_Weapon_2007-2011.xls
The truth is that except for normal guns that one might use for hunting or self-protection, the men who want those big exotic guns are trying to compensate for a feeling of inadequacy in a certain part of their anatomy.
We know where your mind is. That could be said about any man who drives a luxury car, sports car, smokes big cigars or has a large head driver, but it contributes nothing to the discussion. Sorry, Shorty.
bushmaster advertises sales of its assault rifles with the tagline ‘take your man card back’ so i’m inclined to believe its not about self defense for most men, its about feeling like a real man cause you can kill something if you want.
Yes, and having sex with your wife without attempting to have children is along the same lines. Who cares what we do with our time or money. The issue is irresponsible people and when you attack all gun owners you are accusing all of us as being irresponsible, not smart buddy.
We should ban cell phones and ipads to keep people from texting while driving a 4000 pound car as they pass a car that has a family in it or a kid crossing the street.?????