Originally Posted By RoadTrip This time in a Pennsylvania high school near Pittsburgh. Twenty-two people (students and staff) were attacked. Oh... what's this? NONE of them died? So I guess there IS a difference between knives and guns...
Originally Posted By ecdc But hey, just imagine if he'd had a baseball bat. Or a car. Or a swimming pool. Or a [insert NRA red herring here].
Originally Posted By Mr X Who needs the NRA? I just finished reading a threat on DEMOCRATIC FREAKING UNDERGROUND, a supposedly hard liberal site, where the majority of posters were arguing that "knives are just as lethal, anecdotal evidence means nothing". America is screwed. Hate to say this, because I do still love my country, but I'm quite relieved I don't live there anymore. *sigh*
Originally Posted By Mr X Some of the arguments from the left wingers: "Sometimes the knife is more lethal, sometimes the gun" "Knives can slice right through bullet resistant vests" "Depends on the person with the knife and what kind of knife and where the wound is. Had he knicked someones major artery or hit someone in the heart chances are they might not make it. Both Knives and Guns are equally lethal." "There is no unarmed defense against a knife other than your feet (running)" "A single knife strike can be lethal and multiple gunshot wounds can be survivable" "One stab wound can QUITE often cause MORE damage to the human body. "Don't know of any guns that can cut a head off" "Sure, you'd rather be randomly shot by a .22 by a drunk shooter than randomly stabbed by a 12 inch bowie knife wielded by a martial artist?" "There are ballistic knives" And then there was this absolutely astounding exchange that I could swear emerged from the mouth of an NRA rep on Fox News, except it didn't... Question: You think Sandy Hook could have happened with a knife? Answer: Given most of the victims were children, yes easily.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: So when is they gonna' start puttin' a ban on kitchen knives? I'm just waitin' fer somebody ta suggest that next!
Originally Posted By ecdc Mr X gets to the heart of the problem with gun ownership. It knows no sense of reason or rationality. Otherwise smart people who are otherwise compassionate, get really weird about their guns. There are, of course, plenty of reasonable gun owners who support increased restrictions. But there are a great many of them that cannot and will not see reason. They have spent so much time convincing themselves that guns are great and everything else is the issue—security, mental illness, anything but the gun.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "But if the teachers had guns...." <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gocomics.com/matt-bors/2012/12/19#mutable_867372">http://www.gocomics.com/matt-b...e_867372</a>
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>America is screwed. Hate to say this, because I do still love my country, but I'm quite relieved I don't live there anymore.<< I understand your sentiment. Sometimes I feel like I live in Bizarroworld. It feels like we've gone collectively insane.
