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105. Do a google search for "murders committed by hammers"...

Let me help:

http://www.google.com/search?q=murders+committed+by+hammers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US fficial&client=firefox-a

This link is interesting:

Top 10 most common murder weapons

The order of most common murder weapons used in the US murder cases has not changed very much in recent years. Even though the number of killings involving firearms has gone down compared with the figures for the early years of the 20th century, fire arms and sharp instruments still stand on top of the list of the most common murder weapons used in homicides, at least in the US. Statistics collected in 2008, shows 68 percent of the murders in the US were committed using firearms. Below we have provided a list of the top 10 most common murder weapons used as reported by FBI Uniform Crime Reports.

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4. Use of blunt objects:

Let’s not be vague, these objects include anything from hammers, clubs, and baseball bats to bottles and tree branches, annually taking the lives of nearly 600 people in the States alone.

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2. Knives and cutting instruments:

Cold arms usually in the form of sharp objects – mostly knives – have caused the death of 1897 people in 2008. There’s no way to regulate or stop people from obtaining sharp object and it is unfortunate that they are used in murders.

1. Firearms on top of the most common murder weapons:

It is reported that annually nearly 10,000 people in the US lose their lives in murder cases using firearms. Whether illegally or legally, firearm weapons can easily be purchased or dealt in many parts of the world and the US, while providing massive profits for weapons manufactures and they taking innocent lives.
http://www.top10stop.com/lifestyle/top-10-most-common-murder-weapons