While we're here....
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I didn't see the unintended part so my bad but yeah you can still kill a bunch of people with a knife.
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I didn't see the unintended part so my bad but yeah you can still kill a bunch of people with a knife.
I didn't see the unintended part so my bad but yeah you can still kill a bunch of people with a knife.
Sure, it can happen. But you actually need some skill to take out a lot of people without being overwhelmed by a crowd. You might be able to stab a few, but with a gun, you just need to point and shoot, and anyone with half a brain (or less, usually) can do that.
It's the same reason the nobility hated crossbows when they were introduced - someone with no training at all could just point and shoot and kill a fully armoured mounted knight, so it was considered 'cheating' at the time. A nobleman should die a noble death, at the hands of someone worthy. Apparently.
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What about throwing knives? Ninja stars? Huh?
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Wait... I'm confused. "Skilled marksmen" miss under stress, but any Joe Schmoe can pick up a gun and take out a whole mall full of people?
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Wait... I'm confused. "Skilled marksmen" miss under stress, but any Joe Schmoe can pick up a gun and take out a whole mall full of people?
Wait... I'm confused. "Skilled marksmen" miss under stress, but any Joe Schmoe can pick up a gun and take out a whole mall full of people?
I do not know the backstory to this comment... but people will be much more packed together in a mall. Fish in a barrel.
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Scroll up a few posts.
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Oh, well I pretty much agree with Chris. Find a group, aim, start shooting. You'll get a few.
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Telling:
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Interesting. Though I suspect that's related to population distribution as much as anything.
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It absolutely is (which probably skews it also). I should have linked the article as it goes to point out that naturally the blue areas also coincide with the areas of strictest "gun control"
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I had inferred that. I don't think it's quite as clear cut as the infographic would make you believe though. High population density, larger number of low income people, larger number of criminals, etc. etc.
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Etc....
WSS
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I'm glad you make the connection with low income, high population, and high crime, Chris.
IM woody. Save him from drowning while he's all wet in Egypt.
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I'm glad you make the connection with low income, high population, and high crime, Chris.
IM woody. Save him from drowning while he's all wet in Egypt.
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