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How exactly would someone like, for example, Jared Lee Laughner have wounded and killed so many without a gun? How many would the Vegas shooter have killed? It’
by gotocake 8y ago
How exactly would someone like, for example, Jared Lee Laughner have wounded and killed so many without a gun? How many would the Vegas shooter have killed? It’s interesting that harm reduction is fine for some things, but when we’re talking about guns suddenly the concept is discarded or evaded. I’ve talked to people who make the specious argument that if people didn’t have access to guns they’d just make bombs, as if making a bomb to kill dozens or even hundreds of people is trivial.
Imagine if that psychopath who attacked Glasgow airport in ‘07 had access firearms instead of a home brew “bomb” that only succeeds in lighting him on fire? Bombs are hard, knives require strength and skill, an AR-15 in a crowd is too easy.
- leereeves 8y ago> How exactly would someone...have wounded and killed so many without a gun? In addition to bombs and knives, here are some other alternative weapons people have used to kill far more people than Jared Lee Laughner did: Gasoline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu_subway_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu_subway_fire (192 killed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_fire (87 killed) A truck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack (86 killed and 458 wounded) Poison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_H%C3%B6gel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_H%C3%B6gel (over 100 killed) A cord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway (at least 49 killed)