Thought this might interest a few people here.
http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/injury_surveillance/wriss_residents_94_07.pdf
Among other gems:
http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/injury_surveillance/wriss_residents_94_07.pdf
Among other gems:
There were a total of 25,847 assault-related gun and sharp instrument injury reports for Massachusetts residents filed with WRISS from 1994 through 2007. Assault-related gun and sharp instrument injury cases are further explored in Section II.
♦ Seventy-five percent of assault-related injury reports were due to sharp instruments,
22% were due to firearms and 2.4% were due to non-powder guns.