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2023-04-12 00:03:13 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EDFAB0D7D60D36FDEC1C917C18FCCD45CA97EE11B86D04955816419D37C072CF
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More people are killed by "Knives or cutting instruments", "Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)", and "Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)" than EVERY TYPE of rifles combined (less than 400 a yr). https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls Handguns are involved in about 77-78 % of mass shootings. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/public-mass-shootings-database-amasses-details-half-century-us-mass-shootings https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/
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