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But there’s two issues here … inappropriate levels of access to guns… and mental health problems that lead these people to commit acts of violence against other

• krapp 4y ago
  >I personally would be completely unsurprised if should they manage to take away the guns, the “school shooting by someone attending that school” simply transformed into a smaller number of axe/machete/knife attacks. That would still be a vast improvement over the status quo. Knives and other such weapons (unless you're stupid enough to throw them) limit the ability of an attacker to commit harm to arm's length and running speed. You can't snipe a crowd with knives from a hotel window, for example. Actually, I suppose you could, but the area of effect would still be smaller than with a gun. Running from someone with a knife is more effective than running from someone with a gun. It's also easier to subdue someone with a knife than it is with a gun, and it doesn't require police armed to the teeth shooting to kill on a moment's notice. Even if they just decide to act like chickenshits like the Uvalde police, there would probably be more survivors.