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Originally Posted by kkkkkk
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Do you really believe that, without guns, this man would not have attack the Planned parenthood office? Do we really believe that, without a gun, the school attacker would have just calmed down and done nothing? If someone is bent on violence, they will commit violence. If they cannot get a gun legally, they will get one illegally. If they cannot get a handgun, they will use an axe, or hatchet, or sword, or shotgun, or chainsaw, or fire, or an explosive. You will not stop someone from committing violence if that is what they are determined to do.
Some people think that if they did not have a gun, fewer people would get hurt because someone would have a better chance to stop them. I can think of VERY FEW cases where a victim actually tried to stop an attacker. People's instinct is to run, not fight back. We have many cases of a person armed with a knife killing multiple people and injuring many more. If you only count dead bodies, then yes, a person armed with a knife is likely not going to kill as many as a person armed with a gun. They can, however, do similar amounts of damage before the police arrive. I cringe to think of what a person armed with a basket of 'Molotov cocktails' could do in a crowded theater.