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> ... you can perform deadly assault with pencil, bow or a brick. I'm not saying we shouldn't ban certain guns, but I don't think people realize that if someo
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
> ... you can perform deadly assault with pencil, bow or a brick.
I'm not saying we shouldn't ban certain guns, but I don't think people realize that if someone is hellbent on killing, they'll use a hatchet or a machete if they can't get a gun. We'll have fewer deaths, but much, much nastier ones.
- oblio 10y ago> We'll have fewer deaths, but much, much nastier ones. How do you quantify "nastier"? I couldn't really say. Meanwhile, I can quantify "fewer deaths". And I'd try to achieve that first.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoI don't think getting hacked to death would be as clean a kill, generally, as being shot. I've never witnessed either happen, so I could be wrong.
- hnal943 10y agoWe don't have to use our imagination about what other weapons people might use to commit terror - Bombs and vehicles are already popular, and no less deadly.
- InitialLastName 10y agoDead is dead. I'll take a few nasty deaths in place of lots of "clean" ones.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoDead is dead, you're correct. Dying, however, is an altogether different thing.
- r00fus 10y agoI completely disagree. A stab wound or deep cut is much less grisly/nasty than a bullet in the head, or large exit wound. Stochastically speaking, a hatchet/machete is simply less efficient (which is good in this case). The "nastiness" of the effort may also prevent some from going forward with their assault in the first place...