Violence against women 2005. In its study When Men Murder Women, the Violence Policy Center (www.vpc.org) reported that 1857 women were murdered by men in 2005. Of these victims, a weapon could be identified for 1752 of them. Of those for whom a weapon could be identified, 966 were killed by guns, 390 by knives or other cutting instruments, 136 by other weapons, and 260 by personal attack (battery, strangulation, etc.).

The FBI s Uniform Crime Report says that, among all murders nationwide, the weapon use rates were as follows: guns 63.4%, knives 13.1%, other weapons 16.8%, personal attack 6.7%. Is there evidence that violence against women involves different weapons than other violent attacks in the United States?