Gun Control, Mental healthcare, big brother... thread

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  1. MarAzul

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    But you are generous! I wouldn't let him vote.
     
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  2. riverman

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    Pretty hard to kill 10 people with a knife though
     
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  4. MarAzul

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  5. MARIS61

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    Wrong again.

    Knife-wielding attackers kill 29, injure 130 at China train station

    Lu Haiyan said the slaughter began while she and a friend were standing in the ticket hall of a Chinese train station.

    "Suddenly, many people started running around crazily," she said on Tencent Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter. "We saw two people carrying big cleavers hacking whoever is in the way. They almost got to my back. Then I lost contact with (my friend) and I saw blood splashing in front of me."


    http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/01/world/asia/china-railway-attack/

    China has executed three accused separatists for their role in an attack that killed 31 people at a train station in the country's southwest last year.


    Tuesday's announcement of the execution came six months after Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad, were sentenced to death after being convicted of homicide and leading a terrorist organisation.


    A higher court later upheld the sentence, the official Xinhua news agency reported.


    The government has said the attack, in the city of Kunming, was carried out by knife-wielding separatists from the far western region of Xinjiang, which is located on the borders of Central Asia.


    Police shot four other assailants dead during the knife attack, which injured 141 people on March 1, 2014.


    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/19/us-australia-crime-murder-idUSKBN0JX09620141219

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

    http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...ass-stabbing-at-Lone-Star-college-6453457.php

    http://www.ncscooper.com/mass-stabb...any-dead-several-wounded-and-a-few-scratched/

    http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-children-killed-in-australia-mass-stabbing/2565398.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Regional_High_School_stabbing

    http://www.ryot.org/22-children-stabbed-at-chinese-elementary-school/35114

    http://downtrend.com/71superb/why-a...knife-control-after-mass-stabbing-in-oklahoma

    http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/five-students-killed-in-calgary-mass-stabbing-at/vCXnbH/

    http://wreg.com/2015/07/24/oklahoma-teen-brothers-stab-family-killing-five/

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/19/us-australia-crime-murder-idUSKBN0JX09620141219


    It's much simpler than a gun in every respect, and there are no limiting factors as with guns.

    It's easy to carry and wield, easy to conceal, never runs out of ammo, never jams, always hits it's target...

    Whether or not someone dies depends only on the attackers basic knowledge of vital organ location.

    If not physically stopped by someone, a person with a knife could kill every person on earth, while a person with a gun will eventually run out of bullets.
     
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    One of the results of New City making it much more difficult to own guns was a 50% increase in the number of fatal stabbings using a knife.

    New York City murders with guns did decrease, however, the total number of murders with all weapons increased slightly.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/nyregion/28knives.html?_r=0
     
  7. MARIS61

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    Okay THIS IS JUST WRONG.

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    Target: Three animals died from their injuries and nine had to be put down


    A farm has fallen victim to two attacks in which 12 cows were stabbed and a barn was set alight.


    Three cows died from their injuries immediately, with nine others so badly injured they had to be destroyed following the attack overnight on Tuesday, Manchester Evening News reports.


    It comes just two days after the same farm had its barn - containing tractors and four tonnes of hay - set alight in the early hours of Sunday morning.


    It has now emerged that at that time an attempt was made to also set fire to the cowshed, but this was unsuccessful.


    Police are linking the two attacks on the smallholding in Alt, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, and believe offenders may have returned to kill the cows after their first attempt failed.


    They are appealing for people to look out for anyone with heavily bloodstained clothing around the time of the second attack which occurred some time between 9pm on Tuesday and 6.30am on Wednesday.


    Detective Constable Rick McIvor said: “Due to the short space of time in which these crimes have taken place, we believe the same offenders are responsible.


    “The owner is obviously deeply distressed someone has targeted his business in such a way and cannot believe someone could be so cruel as to kill his animals.


    “After the offenders set fire to the barn on Sunday morning, they attempted to torch the cowshed but were unsuccessful.


    “For some reason, only known to them, they have returned and killed the cows. “I would ask anyone who may have witnessed anyone acting suspiciously in the local area to contact police as soon as possible.


    “The offenders clothing would have been heavily soiled and blood stained and so I would appeal for anyone who finds any discarded clothing to contact the police.”


    Anyone with information should phone police on 0161 856 9260 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.


    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/twelve-cows-dead-after-mass-5366327
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    This.

    @KingSpeed
     
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    Gun over knife..proof
     
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    Yes Sir! Only a fool would seek to surrender the advantage.
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    #cowlivesmatter
     
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    Fixed
     
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    Your candidate has publicly said that she would take all guns away if she had her way.
     
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    Man, that was no trash! The word!
     
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    Luckily there was no gun control.

    Indiana Jones would never pass a background check.
     

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