Expanded Homicide Data Table 7

Murder Victims
by Weapon, 2002-2006

Weapons	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	14,263	14,465	14,210	14,965	14,990
Total firearms:	9,528	9,659	9,385	10,158	10,177
Handguns	7,294	7,745	7,286	7,565	7,795
Rifles	488	392	403	445	436
Shotguns	486	454	507	522	481
Other guns	75	76	117	138	107
Firearms, type not stated	1,185	992	1,072	1,488	1,358
Knives or cutting instruments	1,776	1,828	1,866	1,920	1,822
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	681	650	667	608	607
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	954	962	943	905	833
Poison	23	9	13	9	11
Explosives	11	4	1	2	1
Fire	103	170	118	125	115
Narcotics	48	44	80	46	42
Drowning	20	17	16	20	12
Strangulation	145	184	156	118	135
Asphyxiation	100	131	109	96	107
Other weapons or weapons not stated	874	807	856	958	1,128