HOWEVER, (and it's a big however) in 2012 there were 8,855 murders using firearms.  This means there were 8,230 murders using handguns.......universally recognized as the "weapon of choice" to use when killing someone.  

If Mr. Anson and Mr. Keene really wish to target the weapon associated with murders,  they should forget about hammers....and direct their attention to handguns....the weapons used by most murderers and, overwhelmingly, the weapon of choice for mass killers.  

Reference to hammers is simply a "cute" distraction which might work in a Fox News interview but  won't 'fly' in the real world.  Gary Crum