In NYC, Gun Laws Cause Stabbings

[Kirk Freeman]

Yes, you read that correctly. With no guns in New York City, knives become the go to weapon. Welcome to the Return to Fun City.

De Blasio credits less guns for more stabbings - Fox 5 NY | WNYW

 

[Denny347]

Most anti-gunners will see this as a victory.

 

[femurphy77]

Isn't this the same thing they've seen in Australian and England? Gosh I guess that means that bad guys are just. . . .bad guys! Whodathunkit?

 

[dirtybird]

I remember having a argument with a anti gunner once that told me knives wouldn't be as deadly as guns because they don't have the ability to kill masses of people in such short amounts of time. While that may be true to a extent (the China stabbing killed 29 I think, and there's been a few recent ones in the us), as all statistics have shown that homicide rates increase as does violent crime. When the sheep have no shepherds or sheep dogs to protect them the wolves will use any method available at a higher rate, as now they don't face the threat of resistance. I never understood the line of thinking "we have police to catch criminals, we can call them". I was taught you only get one life so don't rely on anybody but yourself to protect it, once it's gone you can't debate what went wrong and point the finger...

 

[actaeon277]

I remember having a argument with a anti gunner once that told me knives wouldn't be as deadly as guns because they don't have the ability to kill masses of people in such short amounts of time. While that may be true to a extent (the China stabbing killed 29 I think, and there's been a few recent ones in the us), as all statistics have shown that homicide rates increase as does violent crime. When the sheep have no shepherds or sheep dogs to protect them the wolves will use any method available at a higher rate, as now they don't face the threat of resistance. I never understood the line of thinking "we have police to catch criminals, we can call them". I was taught you only get one life so don't rely on anybody but yourself to protect it, once it's gone you can't debate what went wrong and point the finger...

People think guns automatically kill with one shot.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Well, they ARE magical talismans. ....

 

[Kutnupe14]

I remember having a argument with a anti gunner once that told me knives wouldn't be as deadly as guns because they don't have the ability to kill masses of people in such short amounts of time. While that may be true to a extent (the China stabbing killed 29 I think, and there's been a few recent ones in the us), as all statistics have shown that homicide rates increase as does violent crime. When the sheep have no shepherds or sheep dogs to protect them the wolves will use any method available at a higher rate, as now they don't face the threat of resistance. I never understood the line of thinking "we have police to catch criminals, we can call them". I was taught you only get one life so don't rely on anybody but yourself to protect it, once it's gone you can't debate what went wrong and point the finger...

Well to be fair, there was just that mass stabbing of school kids in China, and none of them died. There's no debate, a firearm is the preferred method of murder, if your goal is to kill as much as possible. I don't know admitting this is such a big deal, because it STILL doesn't trump a person's right to keep a firearm for self defense.

 

[oldpink]

Watch for the clod that is DeBlasio to move for knife control.
Farfetched?
Think again - BBC NEWS | Health | Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

 

[OakRiver]

But it is a moral victory. Sure the person killed with a knife is just as dead as if they had been shot, but a scary gun wasn't used so we reduced gun violence - we just increased another type of violence to do so. Now we just need common sense knife control. And then baseball bat control. Then broken bottle control. Then brick control. Then sharp pointy stick control.....

 

[Bill of Rights]

But it is a moral victory. Sure the person killed with a knife is just as dead as if they had been shot, but a scary gun wasn't used so we reduced gun violence - we just increased another type of violence to do so. Now we just need common sense knife control. And then baseball bat control. Then broken bottle control. Then brick control. Then sharp pointy stick control.....

Yeah, the only type of control they have no interest in promoting is control of oneself.

 

[seedubs1]

Uh.....you serious? NY already has insanely strict knife control.

Watch for the clod that is DeBlasio to move for knife control.
Farfetched?
Think again - BBC NEWS | Health | Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

 

[magus]

What if a person just has really big hands?


...with apologies to St. George (Carlin)

 

[singlemalt]

Yeah, the only type of control they have no interest in promoting is control of oneself.

And that, in a nutshell, is the root of the problem.