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Gun Control & RKBA

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16. We were talking about *handguns*, not long arms. Interstate transfer of those is still illegal

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 01:02 PM

Oct 2015

Considering that there were only 2 murders out of 103 listed as being committed
vial rifle or shotgun (vs 17 via hands, fists, feets and cutting/stabbing weapons)
in the last full-year statistics available...

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-20/table_20_murder_by_state_types_of_weapons_2013.xls

...the distinction is important

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