While this may be true with respect to shotguns & rifles (inspanidually weighted), it's cherrypicked data intended to exclude, and thus minimize, the overall impact of guns with regards to homicides.

If you look at combined shotgun & rifle homicide data the number just edges blunt objects. If you include total firearm related homicide data the number is (year reported 2014) - 8,124 vs. 435.
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Interesting fact hammers and blunt objects have killed more than shotguns n ri

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