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8. Look into those statistics even deeper, and you find rifles and shotguns kill few people...

The overwhelming weapon of choice to kill someone are pistols. Rifles AND shotguns are used less then knives

Weapons............................................2009...........2010.........2011..........2012.........2013
Total...............................................13,752.......13,164........12,795......12,888.........12,253
Total firearms:....................................9,199........8,874..........8,653.......8,897..........8,454
....Handguns.......................................6,501.........6,115 ........6,251......6,404..........5,782
.....Rifles...............................................351...........367.............332.........298.............285
.....Shotguns.........................................423...........366.............362.........310.............308.
.....Other guns.........................................96............93...............97.........116.............123
.....Firearms, type not stated..................1,828........1,933...........1,611......1,769...........1,956
Knives or cutting instruments...................1,836........1,732...........1,716......1,604...........1,490
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)...........623...........549.............502.........522..............428
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)...817 769.............751..........707.............687
Poison......................................................7.............11...............5............13...............11
Explosives.................................................2..............4................6.............8.................2
Fire........................................................98............78...............76...........87................94
Narcotics................................................52............45...............33...........38...............53
Drowning..................................................8............10...............15...........14................4
Strangulation.........................................122...........122..............88............90..............85
Asphyxiation............................................84............98..............92...........106.............95
Other weapons or weapons not stated........904..........872............858............802............850

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2009-2013.xls

In cases where the weapon is NOT stated, the weapon is a pistol, thus Rifles and Shotguns appear in few crimes, in fact fewer crimes then knives, blunt instruments (Clubs) and fists (and other parts of the body used to beat someone).