First it's guns, but if we look at societies where it's not legal to own guns, and we look at those same societies that have high population densities, like lets say China, we find that people use knives instead. Matter of fact, mass stabbing has become a problem in China.
A series of uncoordinated mass stabbings, hammer attacks, and cleaver attacks in the People's Republic of China began in March 2010. The spate of attacks left at least 25 dead and some 115 injured. As most cases had no known motive, analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kinds of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents.[1] Such attacks are extremely rare in the United States such as the 2013 stabbing at the Lone Star College in Texas in 2013, and other nations have had unexplained serial killings.
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School attacks in China (2010
If you just simply google "mass stabbings China" you will find many of these cases.
So what then, if we have strict gun control, would knives be next? Spoons?
LETTER: Guns Don't Kill People, Etc.
March 19, 2013
Yesterday I placed my shotgun on the front porch, gave it six shells, and noticing it had no legs, placed it in a wheelchair to help it get around. I left it alone and went about my business.
While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the boy across the street picked up my yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign near my house.
After 10 hours, I checked on the shotgun. It was still sitting in the wheelchair. It had not rolled outside and It had not killed anyone in spite of many opportunities that had been presented. It had not even loaded itself.
Can you imagine how surprised I was with all the hype about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people? Either the media is wrong and the killing is by people misusing guns or I'm in possession of the laziest gun in the world. So now I'm off to check on my spoons, because I hear they make people fat.
Donald K. Martin, Windsor Locks
There are 1001 ways to kill another human being:
Various Articles: 1001 Ways To Kill Someone With No Butt
The trick is to teach children from a young age how to socialize without bullying, how to resolve problems without physical violence, to be more kind than not. I know that sounds a bit touchy feely, and I did grow up hard and fast in a bad neighborhood where I had to learn how to handle myself, and not sure if I would give up those experiences even if I could. But if we started to teach children at a young age these things, then it's possible that we could weed out the majority of reasons people kill other people.
I truly hope that the government never tries to take my guns away from me, I would probably resist any action I believed unconstitutional.
Scott
- Have You Ever Lost Someone To Gun Violence?
Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum
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