NEW YORKERS are at least four times as likely to be punched to death than to be killed with an assault-style rifle, unpublished state crime statistics show.
The eye-opening figures ? obtained by The Post from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services ? reveal that New Yorkers are also at least twice as likely to be clubbed to death than shot dead by an attacker wielding one of the semi-automatic rifles previously covered by a federal government ban that expired last week.
The most recent statewide statistics ? murder-by-weapon-type figures from 2002 ? also show that New Yorkers are at least five times as likely to be stabbed to death with a knife than they are to be shot with an assault rifle.
Of 893 murders committed two years ago, just 22 ? or slightly over 2 percent ? were carried out using some form of rifle, including assault-rifles, the figures show.
Yeah, those "assault weapons" are a real threat. Right.
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