Stop mass killings by instituting a ban...

[mvccd1000]

... on duct tape. Clearly, without the duct tape this father used to rig his van's exhaust into his twin girls' bedroom, there would have been no killing.

Va man channeled exhaust, cut throats of twins

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A suburban Richmond man going through a custody battle with his estranged wife used duct work to channel the exhaust from a van into a bedroom, where he sliced his neck and those of his twin 3-year-old daughters, authorities said Monday.

The Hanover County Sheriff's Office said the exhaust delivered a lethal amount of carbon monoxide into the home. It said 40-year-old Robert D. King and twins Caroline and Madison King died as a result of either the exhaust or a combination of that and the cuts on their necks.

Deputies were overcome by fumes and had to ventilate the one-story brick ranch home before entering.

Flexible tubing was attached from the exhaust pipe of the vehicle and snaked into the front bedroom, where the three were found dead. Authorities removed duct work, two notes, a video camera and several other items from the home.

(For those who don't see the parallels between my statement and similar statements made by gun control advocates regarding bans on certain types of weapons, or parts, or accessories.)

Banning objects will never prevent killings, or even mass killings.

[AtheistCrusader]

1. Mass knifings in one of the most firearm-controlled nations in the world.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1985834,00.html

Bad people do bad things to other people, with whatever they have at hand, and can inflict devastating injury, without a firearm.

Worse, people copycat other bad people's bullshit.
It's awful, and it needs to stop.


It is best stopped by running out of bad people via attrition. I carry, practice with, and own firearms (other than my hunting rifles) in case, and worse, when I encounter a person that wishes me or mine, harm. If that day comes, I want to win.

If that day comes and I AM NOT THERE to stop it, I want someone else who is armed, and willing to stand up, to do so, and protect others.

Thinking specifically of school, I trust my child's mind and well-being with a teacher, why not with a law-abiding teacher that chooses to arm him or herself? Some shit goes down at my kid's school, I want the comfort of knowing that I bumped into their teacher at the range one day, that they have a CPL and they know what they are doing and THE LAW PERMITS THEM TO CARRY where it will do some good.

[YllwFvr]

12. good point

School shootings are on the rise it seems, but even so they really are pretty rare.

Local police around here take it seriously enough that they are running drills on how to get an active shooter in the schools. My dept hasnt done it. I'm hoping they do, it looks like a blast to train for. As unlikely as it is Id like to feel I could react and know what to do and already know the schools layout.

[Bloberman1959]

2. Banning the tools of mass murder is a noble persuit.

No matter how flippant some may be on the issue of human life.

[mvccd1000]

3. Banning the tools of mass murder is a feel-good pursuit.

No matter how righteous some may feel in pursuing those bans.

[ileus]

6. first of all I'd have to see a tool of mass murder...

a firearm is for saving lives not taking them...

some are for pleasure and fun, same as a tennis racket or golf club

some are for harvesting game


none were designed to kill.

[Remmah2]

7. Plenty of tools of mass murder.

Those tools have two legs and two arms and demented minds.

[liberal_biker]

5. No it isn't

Especially when you stop and think about just how many tools may be used for mass murder.

For fuck's sake, McVeigh killed off about 150 people using a van, fertilizer and diesel fuel. Which of those do you want to ban? Then you've got the guys who flew planes into the WTC. Want to ban planes? Jet fuel? Tall buildings?

Banning the "tools" of mass murder is something that makes the ignorant feel better, but does nothing else.

[oneshooter]

8. Name to me the tools of mass murder that you want banned.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Land mines, cluster bombs, and nukes.

None of which are generally available at the local gunshop. Not in the display case, anyway.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. fireworks be damned.

[Remmah2]

4. They can have my duct tape if thay can peel it off my cold dead fingers. nt

[oneshooter]

10. YES........YES.........ban it TODAY!!!!!

Just think of all the poor ducks you can save from beingTAPED!!!!