Clearly, gun control is the answer

[MARIS61]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/03/justice/wisconsin-girl-stabbed/?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/02/justice/new-york-children-stabbed-elevator/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/25/justice/pennsylvania-school-stabbing/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/justice/illinois-sister-stabbing/index.html

http://www.krgv.com/tags/stabbing/

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/01/local/la-me-1001-school-stabbing-20111001

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/spring-high-school-stabbing_n_3865260.html

http://www.ksat.com/news/Student-stabbed-at-East-Central-High-School/10164922

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/20/3296564/appeals-court-tosses-life-sentence.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...during-lunchtime-fight-on-newhall-campus.html

 

[Mediocre Man]

Guns and bullets don't kill people, Cutco and Ginsu kill people

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Americans are horribly violent people. Were all those mass-stabbings with multiple fatalities?

 

[Eastoff]

Americans are horribly violent people. Were all those mass-stabbings with multiple fatalities?

Yeah, I wonder how many people die from gunshots vs every other homicide? Oh it's more than twice as many. 11,078 compared to 5,181.

I wonder how many violent crimes were reported in that same year? 1.2 million? WOW that's a lot of people not dying.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Americans are horribly violent people. Were all those mass-stabbings with multiple fatalities?

The second one referenced was in New York. Taj Gibson's nephew was the boy killed. Playing in the park, went upstairs to get an icee and some guy stabbed them both. The other lived....I believe. They think it's related to a similar incident a week earlier

 

[3RA1N1AC]

any of yall ever been in a knife fight? no fun at all.

 

[Mediocre Man]

any of yall ever been in a knife fight? no fun at all.

My oldest son had a knife pulled on him in a poor part of Houston on day at a mall.

#kravmagaforthewin

 

[Eastoff]

My oldest son had a knife pulled on him in a poor part of Houston on day at a mall.

#kravmagaforthewin

I'm glad they didn't pull a gun on him!

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm glad they didn't pull a gun on him!

They were real close. Wouldn't have mattered

 

[MARIS61]

Yeah, I wonder how many people die from gunshots vs every other homicide? Oh it's more than twice as many. 11,078 compared to 5,181.

I wonder how many violent crimes were reported in that same year? 1.2 million? WOW that's a lot of people not dying.

That's because police don't ever use knives and most successful acts of self defense are accomplished with a gun.

 

[MARIS61]

All murders have one common denominator and only one.

The murderers are fucked up in the head.

Treating/preventing mental illness is the ONLY possible way to prevent murders.

Anyone who suggests otherwise is a liar who has a personal/political/professional agenda, or an imbecile who lives in a tiny room in his mother's basement.

 

[MARIS61]

Yeah, I wonder how many people die from gunshots vs every other homicide? Oh it's more than twice as many. 11,078 compared to 5,181.

I wonder how many violent crimes were reported in that same year? 1.2 million? WOW that's a lot of people not dying.

See, this is what I mean by lying.

Those numbers are 4 years old, and include thousands of justifiable homicides by police defending themselves or citizens defending themselves. Usually against someone who is armed with some weapon other than a gun. Every year guns are used over 1, 000, 000 times successfully for self defense. About 99% of the time nobody dies.

 

[MarAzul]

See, this is what I mean by lying.

Those numbers are 4 years old, and include thousands of justifiable homicides by police defending themselves or citizens defending themselves. Usually against someone who is armed with some weapon other than a gun. Every year guns are used over 1, 000, 000 times successfully for self defense. About 99% of the time nobody dies.

I'm glad I waited to read the whole thread before I responded to East. Now I don't need to.

 

[MARIS61]

The recent murders by the woman-hater involved:

3 murders by knife, all 3 were fatalities, no survivors.
2 attempted murders by car, 0 fatalities, 2 survivors.
11 attempted murders by gun, 3 were fatalities, 8 survivors.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

The recent murders by the woman-hater involved:

3 murders by knife, all 3 were fatalities, no survivors.
2 attempted murders by car, 0 fatalities, 2 survivors.
11 attempted murders by gun, 3 were fatalities, 8 survivors.

I think you should take a deeper look:

One "trait" that has not yet attracted as much attention is the gender difference: nearly all school shootings are perpetrated by young males, and in some instances the violence has clearly been gender-specific. Bob Herbert addressed this in an October 2006 New York Times editorial. However, at least three female school shooting incidents have been documented, including Laurie Dann of Winnetka, Illinois.

According to Keith Darling-Brekhus, "Since 1982 almost all school shootings have been perpetrated by white males." These shootings have happened in "suburban and rural school districts" and many seem to be random with random targets

 

[The_Lillard_King]

A shooting target mannequin named the "The Ex," a large-breasted woman who bleeds when shot, is being sold on Amazon.com. It's manufactured by Zombie Industries, a company that was featured at the NRA convention last weekend.

 

[Denny Crane]

Clearly we need to ban carving knives. If one life would be saved, it's worth it. 5,000 is a shockingly high number. People are violent by nature.

 

[MARIS61]

Clearly we need to ban carving knives. If one life would be saved, it's worth it. 5,000 is a shockingly high number. People are violent by nature.

No, they are actually quite docile. Violent people are a rare exception, not the rule.

 

[Mediocre Man]

All murders have one common denominator and only one.

The murderers are fucked up in the head.

Treating/preventing mental illness is the ONLY possible way to prevent murders.

Anyone who suggests otherwise is a liar who has a personal/political/professional agenda, or an imbecile who lives in a tiny room in his mother's basement.

Mental illness is a broad stroke. Down syndrome, ADHD, Bi-Polar, OCD are all mental illnesses.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Mental illness is a broad stroke. Down syndrome, ADHD, Bi-Polar, OCD are all mental illnesses.

I would think about letting someone with OLD have a gun, but probably wouldn't happen. The others? No way. Lucky for them it isn't up to me.

 

[MARIS61]

Mental illness is a broad stroke. Down syndrome, ADHD, Bi-Polar, OCD are all mental illnesses.

And obviously nearly none of them commit murder. Less than 1/10th of 1 percent of the American population commits murder.

I wasn't implying we could prevent or cure mental illness, because I don't believe we can. Like physical diseases, we find a cure for one, a new one pops up right away. That's the downside of evolution.

Just saying that with better care for everyone who needs it, less people might end up killing people.

 

[Denny Crane]

No, they are actually quite docile. Violent people are a rare exception, not the rule.

No. People are able to suppress their animal instincts because they can reason.

The Romans who flocked to the colosseums to watch gladiators fight to the death or to watch Christians eaten by lions are the rule.

 

[barfo]

I would think about letting someone with OLD have a gun, but probably wouldn't happen. The others? No way. Lucky for them it isn't up to me.

I don't think OLD people should have guns. Our eyesight isn't too good, we might end up shooting up a car driving by thinking it was a bear.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

No. People are able to suppress their animal instincts because they can reason.

The Romans who flocked to the colosseums to watch gladiators fight to the death or to watch Christians eaten by lions are the rule.

We travel in different circles, it would seem. I've met thousands of people in my life and only a few dozen had violent tendencies. Each had severe mental issues that contributed to or caused their violence.

Anyone try to kill you lately? Are you frightened when a stranger approaches?

People are mostly really, truly, genuinely good.

Except for a few sociopaths.

 

[Denny Crane]

We travel in different circles, it would seem. I've met thousands of people in my life and only a few dozen had violent tendencies. Each had severe mental issues that contributed to or caused their violence.

Anyone try to kill you lately? Are you frightened when a stranger approaches?

People are mostly really, truly, genuinely good.

Except for a few sociopaths.

Man is animal. Ever hear of Darwin?

 

[MARIS61]

Man is animal. Ever hear of Darwin?

Who'd he kill?

 

[Denny Crane]

Who'd he kill?

It's quite obvious that the first tool man used was to hit some other man over the head to take something.

Darwin is about survival of the fittest. Man kills like any other animal.

Do you realize how many cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, etc., are killed every year? Billions of chickens alone in the USA.

Ever hear of Rwanda? Darfur? That's mass murder not committed by some lone lunatic.

Why do people carry guns for defense?

&c