In its study When Murder Women: An Analysis of 2009 Homicide Data, 2011, the Violence Policy Center (www.vpc.org) repo that'l818 women were murdered by men in 2009. Of these victims, a weapon could be identified for 1 of them. Of those for whom a weapon could be identified, 861 were killed by guns, 364 by knives or other cutting instruments, 214 by other weapons, and 215 personal attack (battery, strangulation, etc.). The FB 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%, and personal attack 6.7%. Is there evidence that violence against women involves different weapons than other violent attacks in the United States?