{"id":323,"date":"2013-09-19T06:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T13:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=323"},"modified":"2013-09-19T06:25:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T13:25:32","slug":"assault-weapons-are-not-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=323","title":{"rendered":"Assault Weapons Are Not The Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Assault%20Weapons%20Are%20Not%20The%20Problem\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/left-coast-pundit.com\/2013\/01\/27\/20130126.aspx?ref=rss\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/left-coast-pundit.com\/2013\/01\/27\/20130126.aspx?ref=rss<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>\u00a0&#8230;Only 2.6% of the murders in the U.S. in 2011 were committed using rifles, and many of these were in the hands of police officers who had to stop a criminal.\u00a0 Looking at the raw numbers, you are more than twice as likely to be killed by someone using their bare hands than by someone using a rifle.\u00a0 But it gets even more strange&#8230;your odds of being beaten to death with a blunt object are 1.5 time more likely, and your chances of being stabbed to death are more than twice as likely.\u00a0 Applying the logic of the Left, we should be outlawing people with big fists, baseball bats &amp; steak knives before we start going after rifles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"294\" \/>\n<col span=\"5\" width=\"64\" \/>\n<col width=\"75\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span><b>Weapons<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b>2007<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b>2008<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b>2009<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b>2010<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b>2011<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>2011\u00a0 % of Total<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Handguns<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>7,398\u00a0 <\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>6,800<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>6,501<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>6,115<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>6,220<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>49.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Rifles<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>453\u00a0 <\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>380<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>351<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>367<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>323<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>2.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Shotguns<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>457<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>442<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>423<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>366<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>356<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>2.8%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Other guns<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>116<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>81<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>96<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>93<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>97<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.8%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Firearms, type not stated<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,705<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,825<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,828<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,933<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,587<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>12.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span><b><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Total firearms:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>10,129<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>9,528<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>9,199<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>8,874<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>8,583<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>67.8%<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Knives or cutting instruments<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,817<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,888<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,836<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,732<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,694<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>13.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>647<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>603<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>623<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>549<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>496<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>3.9%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>869<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>875<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>817<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>769<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>728<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>5.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Poison<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.0%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Explosives<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Fire<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>131<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>85<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>98<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>78<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>75<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Narcotics<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>52<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>34<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>52<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>45<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>29<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Drowning<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>16<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>15<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Strangulation<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>134<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>89<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>122<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>122<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>85<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Asphyxiation<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>109<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>87<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>84<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>98<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>89<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Other weapons or weapons not stated<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1,005<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>999<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>904<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>872<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>853<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>6.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span><b><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Total<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>14,916<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>14,224<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>13,752<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>13,164<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>12,664<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span><b><span>100.0%<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><span><b>Source:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/about-us\/cjis\/ucr\/crime-in-the-u.s\/2011\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011\/tables\/expanded-homicide-data-table-8\" 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