Expanded Homicide Data Table 7

Murder Victims
by Weapon, 2003-2007

Weapons	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	14,465	14,210	14,965	15,087	14,831
Total firearms:	9,659	9,385	10,158	10,225	10,086
Handguns	7,745	7,286	7,565	7,836	7,361
Rifles	392	403	445	438	450
Shotguns	454	507	522	490	455
Other guns	76	117	138	107	115
Firearms, type not stated	992	1,072	1,488	1,354	1,705
Knives or cutting instruments	1,828	1,866	1,920	1,830	1,796
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	650	667	608	618	647
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	962	943	905	841	854
Poison	9	13	9	12	10
Explosives	4	1	2	1	1
Fire	170	118	125	117	130
Narcotics	44	80	46	48	49
Drowning	17	16	20	12	12
Strangulation	184	156	118	137	134
Asphyxiation	131	109	96	106	108
Other weapons or weapons not stated	807	856	958	1,140	1,004