Expanded Homicide Data Table 8

Murder Victims
by Weapon, 2004–2008

Weapons	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	14,210	14,965	15,087	14,916	14,180
Total firearms:	9,385	10,158	10,225	10,129	9,484
Handguns	7,286	7,565	7,836	7,398	6,755
Rifles	403	445	438	453	375
Shotguns	507	522	490	457	444
Other guns	117	138	107	116	79
Firearms, type not stated	1,072	1,488	1,354	1,705	1,831
Knives or cutting instruments	1,866	1,920	1,830	1,817	1,897
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	667	608	618	647	614
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	943	905	841	869	861
Poison	13	9	12	10	10
Explosives	1	2	1	1	10
Fire	118	125	117	131	86
Narcotics	80	46	48	52	33
Drowning	16	20	12	12	15
Strangulation	156	118	137	134	88
Asphyxiation	109	96	106	109	89
Other weapons or weapons not stated	856	958	1,140	1,005	993