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Lasher

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23. And you can do the same with poison.

Reply to booley (Reply #19)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:20 PM

Aug 2012

That's why we need to focus on the killers instead of punishing the innocent.

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Teenager kills 8 , wounds 5 in China knife attack [View all] jody Aug 2012 OP

OMG, next we'll all be defiled by knife porn! Lasher Aug 2012 #1

Dangit! Xyzse Aug 2012 #2

Using a knife is better. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #3

Sarcasm fail is still fail Hugabear Aug 2012 #4

If the Chinese Turbineguy Aug 2012 #5

How many people can you kill with a knife without reloading? Lasher Aug 2012 #6

LOL yeah, if they just stand there and let you. Scout Aug 2012 #9

The strong can more easily prey on the weak in your gun-free world. Lasher Aug 2012 #11

but thanks to guns booley Aug 2012 #19

Plus 100,000,000 nt pkdu Aug 2012 #21

And you can do the same with poison. Lasher Aug 2012 #23

and yet booley Aug 2012 #24

That is true, but the massacre at Jonestown reminds us of the deadly potential of poison. Lasher Aug 2012 #25

explosives are tricky booley Aug 2012 #31

The 900 Jonestown dead included over 200 murdered children. Lasher Aug 2012 #35

i never said anything about gun-free Scout Aug 2012 #26

Yes, when I was in graduate school, an undergraduate was shot dead by a 13-year-old Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #42

Hu Wenhai and Liu Haiwang killed 14 and injured 3 B2G Aug 2012 #10

I'd take our situation over theirs any day. 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #17

Our Resident Gun Militants Are Overjoyed By This. (nt) Paladin Aug 2012 #7

No. The simple point here is... Archae Aug 2012 #14

I Stand By My Comment. Paladin Aug 2012 #27

Sorry to disappoint you, but this defender of our Constitution doesn't take any pleasure 24601 Aug 2012 #38

Sorry, No Sale. Paladin Aug 2012 #41

Sale? My oath to support the constitution was never put on the auction block. These murders are 24601 Aug 2012 #45

thankfully, he wasn't able to easily access guns.... mike_c Aug 2012 #8

If only one of the victims had had a knife.... arbusto_baboso Aug 2012 #12

better yet, a gun n/t Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #13

Yes. Because what could POSSIBLY have gone wrong with that? arbusto_baboso Aug 2012 #15

Was it double edged or serrated? 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #16

Now, now. Igel Aug 2012 #18

I know many of you are slavering at the mouth over this booley Aug 2012 #20

I truly like the reasoned argument posted here.... Looking forward to the reasoned responses nt pkdu Aug 2012 #22

China is a police state 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #30

granted china is a police state booley Aug 2012 #32

The point you were making was based on China's official crime statistics being accurate 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #33

I opened this thread bitchkitty Aug 2012 #28

So sad. Knife attacks resulting in mass killing are very common... LanternWaste Aug 2012 #29

LIKE Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #43

Good thing he didn't have an assault rifle with an extended clip. Exultant Democracy Aug 2012 #34

Really? Atlatl Aug 2012 #36

How dare you inject facts into an ideological argument.... 24601 Aug 2012 #40

If he killed 8 with knives treestar Aug 2012 #37

Please post your references that he had any firearms proficiency. If you have no facts to base it's 24601 Aug 2012 #39

Oh puleeze treestar Aug 2012 #46

Quick.. ship more jobs there.... lib2DaBone Aug 2012 #44

Sad Franker65 Aug 2012 #47