VH> MS>VH> You can find the UCR in any decent library.  As long as the
VH> MS>VH> statistics
VH> MS>VH> have been kept, the homicide rate for long arms (shotguns and 
VH> rifles,
VH> MS>VH> including "assault weapons") runs about 1/2 to 2/3 the rate of
VH> MS>VH> homicides
VH> MS>VH> with "no weapon at all (hands and feet)" year in and year out.
VH> 
VH> MS>    Just showing how willing today's "journalists" are to shoot of 
VH> their
VH> MS>mouths without researching first!
VH> 
VH> I always say, "Don't ascribe to malice what can be accounted for by
VH> simple incompetence."
    Look at your local paper.
    See how many military-related photos are miscaptioned.  See all the 
spelling errors, and all the headlines not matching articles.
    Today's "journalists" often are poorly-trained, unlike the ones years ago 
who started as cub reporters apprenticing while in high school and learning 
the ropes.
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