1stSFOD-Delta wrote:
Gives me wood every time.M.O.A.B wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmKR6evZRQQ
That was a USP45, by the way. Not .40.
This one specifically.
I reckon this scene shows what someone with very intensive training could pull off in this kind of real life situation (a similar incident happened for real in NI, when a group of IRA made the mistake of cornering a Regiment bloke, in a car). But then the vast, vast majority of people carrying a gun are never going to be anything like this. Problem is people will, in their mind's eye, believe they can do something like this if need be.
Gun crime here is not non-existent and we do get spree's, but when you consider that in the past 23 years there have been only 4 mass shooting incidents (Dunblane, Hungerford, Monkseaton and Cumbria), compared to the almost monthly occurrence of multiple-deaths in public areas and schools in the United States, you have to think about why that is. It's like Zique said, a psycho can use anything to kill anyone. You could kill someone with a pen if you really wanted to. But a gun is by far the easiest means. When you look at those knife incidents in China, while disturbingly common, the number of victims is considerably lower compared to the gun attacks in the U.S. It's too easy for people to gain access to the most lethal of weapons.Trotskygrad wrote:
stabbing sprees in asia are pretty bad, but like you said they're rarely as lethal.aynrandroolz wrote:
you are off your rocker if you think the left are 'distorting' the truth. some kid with issues would do a lot less damage with a melee weapon than a gun: he can be overpowered, disarmed, knocked the fuck out. a person with a gun shoots from a distance. that's pretty basic, no? you don't hear of many knife massacres, surprisingly enough. a small weedy kid with mental problems couldn't go gung-ho and wipe out 30 people with a melee weapon. he'd just get his ass kicked. a gun changes the balance of power, always, towards the aggressor. and the only solution is to remove the guns or tool-up everyone to that highly-charged, highly-lethal level.13rin wrote:
Funny that none of these proposals made by the left (or anyone here) would have prevented this psycho or any other psycho preceding or succeeding him from hurting people.
This is a textbook example of one side distorting and exploiting a tragedy in order to advance its agenda. Any resulting laws or restrictions is a small victory to them as they inch closer toward their ultimate goal of confiscation.
a psycho can "hurt people" with any weapon - including his fists - sure. but it's about damage control in this case, not demonizing guns. guns are highly efficient at killing people; it's what they are designed to do. a crazy person with a machete or a baseball bat is going to have a harder time carving up 30 innocent people in a spree. you are deluded if you think there's some sort of 'communist-leftist' conspiracy here. your ideology is blinding rational thought.
That being said I think we should regulate certain blades as well, I don't want weedy kids running around with katanas and carving their grandmother up
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