Criminal Deeds

[Nomad25055]

My evidence is the fact that this individual was twisted enough to go to a school and kill children. My opinion is that a distinct lack of guns would not have stopped this person, only slowed him down. The man in China did stab 22 children, not kill, but stab nonetheless.

That's not evidence that convinces. Your own example shows why not.

The guy in China was obviously pretty twisted, and he went to a school to kill children (probably), but he failed to kill anyone at all. Slowing someone down is pretty damn important, if what they're doing is trying to kill people before the authorities arrive, or someone musters resistance.

It's way harder to kill someone with a knife than a gun. It's more lethal, it's less personal, it's more energy efficient, it reduces the chance of being disarmed, and so on. That's why we equip our militaries with guns.

-Jester

I'm not saying slowing someone down isn't important. What I'm saying is you won't stop things like this from happening. Yes, you get guns off the street, but you don't stop gun crime. You disarm the innocent and the evil have easier targets. Yes, we need gun control, but to use tragedies like this to push laws and regulations to the maximum is wrong. It's too little too late for many and victimizes others even though it works for many reasons. The only way I think, is to arm the responsible and law abiding and allow them to carry more openly. You cannot undo the wicked by punishing the good.

Nomad