Again something I'll have to dig up but from what I remember there isn't a corresponding relationship between knives and homicide rates if firearms are not as available.
2 possible reasons, the impulsive nature of firearm use, and with a knife you have to be face to face with the person. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Who is to say that the perpetrator would not have harmed these > students in some other way? Liek with a knife. maybe we should ban > knives, too. All of them, even 'butter' knives. They can kill people > you know. > > Also, we should ban cars. Cars kill people. Every day...hell probably > every hour. > > Wait...I know its not the guns or the knives or the cars, its the > people! People are the common denominator there...lets get rid of all > the people!!!! > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/27/shooting-reported-at-ohio-high-school/?hpt=hp_t1 >> >> There would be four students without gunshot wounds if we had tighter gun >> control laws. This has nothing to do with criminals. A minor should not >> have easy access to a firearm like this. >> >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Eric Roberts < >> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >>> it would be a lot harder for criminals to get guns if they were not so >>> readily available. Would it stop the flow completely...no...but it would >>> certainly reduce the hemorrhaging... Look at what is going on in states >>> like AZ where i can sell you a gun, as an individual, with no background >>> checks or anything. If i were a criminal, I would be making regular trips >>> to AZ and have a whole bunch of legally obtained weapons. Nothing wrong >>> with making all gun sales having a required background check and having >>> cool down periods. That is just counterproductive. With laws like what >>> they have in AZ...we may as well just give guns to criminals. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The logical fallacy is that if guns were not available to citizens for >>>> their protection, criminals would not have guns. >>>> >>>> On 27 February 2012 11:15, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com >>>> >wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > If there weren't guns on the street...or they were not as readily >>>> > available, people wouldn't be getting >>>> > shot....particularly kids in schools. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347462 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
