I guess where there is a will there is a way.
Will chefs now be on a watch list?
Can Bloomberg infiltrate those horrible knife show loopholes?
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyknif0429,0,1177454.story
Let's see ... Banning guns hasn't worked ???
Do you think we should ban knives, clubs, cars, trucks, tire irons ... ???
Hey ... How about we just ban assault and murder ;D
The problem isn't the tools, so start look at what is causing these problems and FIX IT!!!
Sorry, Tersa, but sadly there is just no way to fix stupid.
Recent post had crime stats in the UK doing the same thing.
"Gun/Knife Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun and/or knife."
So the questions now are...
whats causing it?
and
what can be done about it?
My own personal solution .................................
What can be done about it?
When he pulls out his knife....................
PULL YOUR GUN AND SHOOT HIM !!
Which brings up the old q&a~~~~
- What happened to him?
(http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Hmmm
He brought a knife to a gun fight. ;D
Let's see, I know what I'll do if some body points a gun at me. I'll look just above their head, scream "look out"! with an awful horrified look on my face :o and run like crazy! ;D
Diane, that might work with someone that has a knife but with a gun ( and they are a good shot) they can shoot you while you are running.
Now you know I wasn't serious! ;D ;D ;D. Actually I'd be more afraid of the guy with the knife. I had a class with our police a few years ago on the safest way to approach a car and such. They told us many people with a gun won't actually shoot if we're not in their personal space, but someone with a knife will cut you if they are close enough.
As far as banning assault and murder, it already exists (read: laws against). However, I have a SOLUTION
Lets make every other person a law enforcement officer so that everyone has their own personal bodyguard. That way nobody could kill or assault someone else because the bodyguard would be there to prevent it. This solves the unemployment problem, the prison overcrowding problem, and a myriad of other probems.
Oh wait----------------someone has to bodyguard the bodyguard-----------so that means everybody has to be a law enforcement officer.
Nope, that ain't gonna work. You are right, Billy, ain't no way to fix stupid or even silly especially me. Larryj