Reply #35: You can never ban all instruments used for killing. [View All]

[vagabond2009]

He killed 3 and wounded 5(?) others. He could have just as efficient or more with a machete that he could make in his own garage, or a pipe bomb using simple kitchen ingredients.

Now, if a 300 lb guy shows up at your door with a machete or a baseball bat or his bare hands for that matter, do you want to match him for whatever medieval tool he has in his hands? Or do want something that will equalize your ability to defend yourself?

You may not want it, but other people do and you can't tell them they don't have the right, it's already been affirmed by SCOTUS. There are many many countries that have banned guns. If you don't like them, move there. Please. By the way, firearms are almost completely banned in the UK and since that time the incidence of knife crimes has SOARED. Do yourself a favor if you want to be informed, Google: "knife wounds" and look under images.

The reality is, there are bad people in the world. The reality is, we will never be able to ban everything they can use to hurt people. Guns, give good people the best chance to keep themselves and those they love from being hurt, but of course it's not a guarantee. Nothing in life is guaranteed. I think that's the biggest problem we have aside from people doing awful things like this, we think we're all guaranteed paradise. We live in a bubble, a very unique place in this world, be thankful for it, but don't take it for granted.

"7 Dead, 10 wounded in knife attack"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7445694.stm