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> Just look at the recent terrorist incident in London. The guy killed two people with a knife before being restrained by unarmed members of the public. The pe

> Just look at the recent terrorist incident in London. The guy killed two people with a knife before being restrained by unarmed members of the public. The people restraining him were armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk, and he was ultimately subdued by the police shooting him with guns. Also, since banning guns didn’t actually seem to fix anything, they’re now working on banning knives. So you can’t just use a knife instead. Better hope there’s a narwhal tusk handy when you need it.

foldr 7y ago
>The people restraining him were armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk I.e., whatever objects happened to be at hand. I don't think you'd have much luck using a fire extinguisher against someone with an assault rifle. >Also, since banning guns didn’t actually seem to fix anything Hmm? There have been no mass killings in schools since the handgun ban. What was anyone expecting it to fix that it hasn't fixed? Bear in mind that very few British people owned handguns even before the ban (roughly 0.1% of the population), and none of them would have been carrying their guns around while going about their day to day business. One would not expect the ban to have had any great effect on anything - beyond eliminating the specific problem it was intended to address.
- giancarlostoro 7y ago
  > I.e., whatever objects happened to be at hand. I don't think you'd have much luck using a fire extinguisher against someone with an assault rifle. A rifle is not automatically an assault rifle... But also, if law abiding citizens have their own guns, they can shoot a mad shooter before they cause too much damage.
  - foldr 7y ago
    I said "assault rifle".
pnako 7y ago
... that is, until they ban narwhal tusks too!
- CompanionCubee 7y ago
  Don't forget fire extinguishers! There's no reason for a regular subject to have one of those, better to leave it to the professionals.

foldr 7y ago

>The people restraining him were armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk I.e., whatever objects happened to be at hand. I don't think you'd have much luck using a fire extinguisher against someone with an assault rifle. >Also, since banning guns didn’t actually seem to fix anything Hmm? There have been no mass killings in schools since the handgun ban. What was anyone expecting it to fix that it hasn't fixed? Bear in mind that very few British people owned handguns even before the ban (roughly 0.1% of the population), and none of them would have been carrying their guns around while going about their day to day business. One would not expect the ban to have had any great effect on anything - beyond eliminating the specific problem it was intended to address.

giancarlostoro 7y ago
> I.e., whatever objects happened to be at hand. I don't think you'd have much luck using a fire extinguisher against someone with an assault rifle. A rifle is not automatically an assault rifle... But also, if law abiding citizens have their own guns, they can shoot a mad shooter before they cause too much damage.
- foldr 7y ago
  I said "assault rifle".

pnako 7y ago

... that is, until they ban narwhal tusks too!

CompanionCubee 7y ago
Don't forget fire extinguishers! There's no reason for a regular subject to have one of those, better to leave it to the professionals.