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>I don’t know, the rest of the developed world doesn’t want to live with gun violence, and they... don’t. Your argument is absurd, though, because most knives a
by ryanmercer 7y ago
>I don’t know, the rest of the developed world doesn’t want to live with gun violence, and they... don’t. Your argument is absurd, though, because most knives and apples aren’t designed to kill people,
Yet the UK has some crazy knife laws (and self-defense laws for that matter, I'd hate to have to defend myself in the UK) because when people couldn't get access to firearms easily knife crimes went up.
I mean, 2 years ago they had someone drive into a crowd of people and then hop out and start stabbing/slashing
>The attackers were armed with 12-inch (30 cm) kitchen knives with ceramic blades, which they tied to their wrists with leather straps. They also prepared fake explosive belts by wrapping water bottles in grey tape
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2017_London_Bridge_attack https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2017_London_Bridge_attack
In 2014 in China 171 people were stabbed/slashed in a single attack at a railway station, 31 people died. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2014_Kunming_attack https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2014_Kunming_attack
Since 1949 only 3 mass shootings have had higherdeath counts in the United States than the Kunming incident - the Las Vegas shooting in 2017 at 58 dead, Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016 at 49 dead and the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 at 32 people.