Expanded Homicide Data Table 8

Murder Victims

by Weapon, 2009–2013

Weapons	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total	13,752	13,164	12,795	12,888	12,253
Total firearms:	9,199	8,874	8,653	8,897	8,454
Handguns	6,501	6,115	6,251	6,404	5,782
Rifles	351	367	332	298	285
Shotguns	423	366	362	310	308
Other guns	96	93	97	116	123
Firearms, type not stated	1,828	1,933	1,611	1,769	1,956
Knives or cutting instruments	1,836	1,732	1,716	1,604	1,490
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	623	549	502	522	428
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	817	769	751	707	687
Poison	7	11	5	13	11
Explosives	2	4	6	8	2
Fire	98	78	76	87	94
Narcotics	52	45	33	38	53
Drowning	8	10	15	14	4
Strangulation	122	122	88	90	85
Asphyxiation	84	98	92	106	95
Other weapons or weapons not stated	904	872	858	802	850

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