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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVia Rawstory the perfect counter argument...
to the gun nuts who claim that a person with a knife could kill as many people as well...
Newton gunman blasted his way in, says Connecticut Gov. Malloy
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/16/newton-gunman-blasted-his-way-in-says-connecticut-gov-malloy/
The gunman in the Connecticut school massacre that left 20 small children dead blasted his way through a locked glass door, climbed through and proceeded with his killing spree, the state governor said on Sunday.
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last time I checked a knife, no matter its size, could do that.
atreides1
(16,091 posts)He could have used his car to get through the doors...if he was determined...and it would seem that by blasting his way through the locked glass door, he was very determined.
He could have killed or wounded as many with a knife, a baseball bat, a tire iron, before the police arrived...it isn't only the weapons, it's the determination of the one wielding those weapons.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Not "you are" point.
Secondly, there is no fucking way he could have killed or wounded as many with a knife, a baseball bat, or a tire iron. That is the fucking dumbest thing I have ever read on the internet. It's the weapons, stupid.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)the gun lovers make. The car could not blast through a classroom of kids, the kids would have to be lined up in the hallway volunteering to get hit. The mass murderer would not be able to take himself out with the car either. Yes, he could have killed with a knife or a baseball bat, of course he would have needed to be in close contact with his victims and able to overcome the many who would come to the defense of those children as opposed to cowardly standing at a door and mowing them down with his gun. Yes, some can get killed,but the carnage caused by guns overshadows baseball bat and knife deaths. Take your stupid "yeah,but" deflections elsewhere.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)That he could kill the same amount of women and children with a knife or baseball bat? Think about that before you spew this insane garbage!
bossy22
(3,547 posts)correlation does not equal causation
baldguy
(36,649 posts)In order of despicablity.
I'm a Vol. Fireman and I can tell you it does not take long to get through a locked glass door with a sledge hammer.
Javaman
(62,532 posts)and if and when you finally get through, most of the building will be on lock down. You would then need your hammer to try and bust open the doors while security and the police are hot on your ass.
nice try but fail.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)"On 14 December 2012 between 7 and 8 a.m. local time, a 36-year-old villager identified as Min Yingjun stabbed 23 people, including 22 children and an elderly woman, in a knife attack at Chenpeng Village Primary School. The school is situated in Wenshu Township of Guangshan County, which is administrated by the city of Xinyang, 800 km south of Beijing, in the Chinese province of Henan. The children targeted by the knifeman are thought likely to be between six and eleven years of age and the attack occurred as the children were arriving for classes."
One real difference between this and Sandy Hook is that a knife was used instead of a gun. Another is that nobody was killed.