Aggravated Assault constitutes 62.1 percent of all violent crime in the US in 2005, so I suppose it makes sense to look at this data.
When I see data like this, I have even less understanding for the anti-gun crowd (and in the UK, there is also and anti-knife crowd as well.) Guns don't constitute the bulk of weapons used in crime, and there are plenty of alternatives.
The "personal weapons" category is especially interesting. If a large person assaults a small person (or an elderly person or a disabled person) with just their hands, they can do substantial damage. How is that person to defend herself without some means to equalize the situation?
| Region | Total all weapons1 | Firearms | Knives or cutting instruments | Other weapons (clubs, blunt objects, etc.) | Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 100.0 | 21.0 | 18.9 | 35.1 | 25.0 |
| Northeast | 100.0 | 15.6 | 20.4 | 33.3 | 30.7 |
| Midwest | 100.0 | 21.3 | 17.0 | 33.1 | 28.6 |
| South | 100.0 | 22.7 | 19.9 | 36.1 | 21.3 |
| West | 100.0 | 20.0 | 17.6 | 35.1 | 27.3 |
[See my other posts on the 2005 UCR]
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