06-15-2016, 01:32 PM
(06-14-2016, 11:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I just posted this in another thread:
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2008-2012.xls
Blunt objects (hammers) are more deadly.
To me, the use of a blunt object to kill another person screams weapon of convenience. Handguns and knives can go either way, but the use of a long gun speaks to pre-meditation. I think this is why you get so much focus on that topic when these things crop up.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
