According to FBI statistics, 352 people were killed last year with rifles, 424 with shotguns, 1, 836 with knives or cutting instruments, 623 with hammers or other blunt objects, 815 with personal weapons defined as hands, feet and fists, and 122 by strangulation.

FORBES: Why Gun Regulation Is Uncivilized

Since they can be used for cutting, slashing, spearing and pricking, knives have known more uses than it would be possible to count.

FORBES: No. 1 The Knife