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Point being? It is a hell of a lot easier to run away from a knife than a bullet....
There is no realistic law that could be in place to prevent violent crimes, isn't going to happen.
However, it doesn't take an egghead to look at America's violent crime rate and gun ownership to see there is something seriously wrong with America. Other developed countries don't have our type of violent crime. I'm not too sure what to do to alleviate it since guns are glamorized in our culture so it's just not a political issue but an American societal one.
edit: look at your link.... 22 children hurt, not killed in stabbing spree. Compare that to what just happened.
All I find is a lot of subjective "accounts" by neighbors...convenient after the dude had already did what he did. The human mind will use any information available to rationalize something... even if it was after the fact.
You don't think a normal person does something like this?
Why don't you actually read the links? Why are you so invested in being right? You can disagree with the content if you want, but now you are starting to look silly by making blatantly false posts. (This is why I hate this section of the board, people do this all the time)
From the links:
I did read the links. There is nothing blatantly false about anything I said. By the way, I have five years of doctoral training in clinical psychology - you? I dislike "it's the medication" hysteria and misinformation about psychological sciences. Ask yourself, 572 documented occurrences of violence - out of how many? What was the sample size? What was reported? Ideation or action? Criminal activity? Police reports? Or self-reported side effects that anyone can enter as a side effect of a medication (not a rigorous methodology, BTW)?
They obviously don't come close to going far enough since he still had access to guns.
Yes. He stole them and murdered their legal owner, who one can presume, passed the background check. Now, how do you propose tougher gun control could have prevented him from stealing and killing?
What about guns for hunting? I love my Browning A-5 semi automatic shotguns for duck and goose hunting. They are classics and wouldn't get rid of them for the world. I also have a Mini 14 and shoot turtles and snakes with it during the summer for target practice. I don't see anything wrong with that...............do you?
I'm opposed to hunting but I understand it. I know that hunters tend to be responsible gun owners. Hunters understand that these are WEAPONS designed to KILL, not entertainment.
But even you know that the VAST majority of gun owners use them to play with, show off, and brag about. They're toys, status symbols, and security blankets for the insecure who need something to make them feel tough.
Hunting and law enforcement are pretty much the only uses I consider legitimate.
Everyone else is just trying to prove how bad ass they are.
You have no interest in a well-armed militia, only in proving to yourself that you're a bad ass and impressing your friends.
What a broad brush you paint with. I know plenty of people who own one, maybe two guns. They aren't trying to prove anything, only want something to be able to defense themselves from very evil, mean people in our country. Some people blame Hollywood, but Hollywood has been putting out "gun movies" for decades, yet back in the day when one could order a gun over the phone and have it delivered to their home, this kind of stuff didn't happen. There are many factors on why these things are happening, but most folks will pick on those things they personally have issues with and try to claim that by just changing that one thing, these things will magically stop.
Yes. He stole them and murdered their legal owner, who one can presume, passed the background check. Now, how do you propose tougher gun control could have prevented him from stealing and killing?
That question has been asked over and over and none will or can answer. It doesn't support their agenda of stricter laws.
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