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Julia's avatar

It is hard to kill with “other implements” at a distance. I guess however to appease instead of “gun violence”” we could say “violence caused by bullets from guns wielded by humans.” Half dozen one and 6 of other.

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Ernest N. Curtis's avatar

That is why I led off with the comparison of hammers and rifles. It is not to say that there are lots of killings done with hammers but to show how rare it is with rifles. And hitting anything from distance has to be done with a rifle. I don't know of any statistics on the subject but I suspect that more than 95% of murders are done up close and personal. Anyone who is familiar with guns will confirm that it is easy to miss a fairly large target 10 feet away.

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