Live in New York- your death by Hands is more likely than by a rifle.

THE TRUTH ABOUT RIFLE STATISTICS
Mon Sep 20, 3:41 AM ET

By FREDRIC U. DICKER

"NEW YORKERS are at least four times as likely to be punched to death than to be killed with an assault-style rifle, unpublished state crime statistics show.

The eye-opening figures obtained by The Post from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services reveal that New Yorkers are also at least twice as likely to be clubbed to death than shot dead by an attacker wielding one of the semi-automatic rifles previously covered by a federal government ban that expired last week.

The most recent statewide statistics murder-by-weapon-type figures from 2002 also show that New Yorkers are at least five times as likely to be stabbed to death with a knife than they are to be shot with an assault rifle.

Of 893 murders committed two years ago, just 22 or slightly over 2 percent were carried out using some form of rifle, including assault-rifles, the figures show."

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Thank you No-Neck for the link, but what is surprising to me, is that this would surprise anyone. These facts have been known for quite some time.

I suppose that to someone in New York, particularly a journalist would find this surprising...

--WP