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Horrible news. Also in China someone this morning stabbed 22 children at elementary school - wtf... http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/12/14/man-stabs-...

>>malkia+(OP)
What did he stab the kids with, a spoon? None of them had life-threatening injuries.

>>malkia+(OP)
This is an incredibly touchy subject, but something that I always come back to when tragedies like this happen is that if a disturbed person wants to hurt people, guns only make it easier.

What does this mean in practice? It can both be an argument for gun control and an argument against. I have no idea where this really comes down. I just know that there are disturbed people in the world, and we need to take a step back and figure out how to prevent them from causing damage in the first place.

>>malkia+(OP)
When are we going to start talking about knife control in a serious way?

>>sixQua+u
Unless you get stabbed on the neck or get your stomach punctured, I think the chances of surviving a stabbing are high.

>>marknu+M1
When the mass stabbing has more fatalities than the mass shooting. That no one died in the stabbing attack, makes a pretty good argument for some form of gun control.

(Actually, I prefer Chris Rock's idea for bullet control. Make it too expensive to buy enough for mass shootings.)

>>marknu+M1
Really not the time for jokes.

>>habosa+T3
I think any conversation is better then no conversation be it a joke or not. The comment actually brought out some really great points on the issue.