Man who stabbed airport cop in Flint yesterday tried to buy a gun in the US but was

[applegrove]

unsuccessful. Instead he used a knife on his victim who was able to fight back and get the terrorist under control. Who says gun laws do not save lives.

[wryter2000]

1. I remember the day of Sandy Hook

A guy in China went crazy with a knife. All the NRA types said, "see? Knives are dangerous, too!" Only in China, no one died.

[Marengo]

2. In 2008, Yang Jia killed 6 police officers with a knife in a Shanghai suburb police HQ...

There are a number of knife attacks in China which have produced multiple fatalities.

[Hoyt]

3. Even then, it's a lot better to make a gunner use a knife than turn them lose with a friggin gun.

[wryter2000]

5. Especially

A rifle that can shoot many rounds per second

[Marengo]

6. Kunming 2014-31 dead, Sagamihara 2016-19 dead, Chicago 2016-6 dead, Cairns 2014-8 dead

Changsha 2014-6 dead, Abu Musallam 2013-5 dead, Akihabara 2008-4 dead, Broken Arrow 2015-5 dead, Calgary 2014-5 dead, Gage Park 2015-5 dead, Nanping 2010-8 dead, Osaka 2001-8 dead, Ruzhou 2004-9 dead, Taipei 2014-4 dead, Yema 2016-19 dead, Thane 2016-15 dead...etc.

Not a single bullet fired.

[Hoyt]

7. Proves society will be better off if we made gunners carry knives rather than guns.

[Marengo]

8. The Nice Renault produced a higher body count than the AR15s/MCX of San Bernardino and Pulse...

Combined. In regard to my earlier post, what are your thoughts on the subject of knife control? Considering the incident in Portland recently in addition to those high-profile I mentioned, it seems this conversation is long overdue.

[Hoyt]

11. Your gunz don't get a break because nukes killed 200,000 in Japan.

[Marengo]

12. Geneseo 2016, a double murder and suicide was committed with a knife investigators believe...

Was purchased by the perpetrator specifically for this purpose. I wonder if a mandatory waiting period could have potentially prevented this tragedy. Do you have any thoughts on knife control legislation?

[Hoyt]

14. Truthfully, since white wing racists aren't behind knives like they are their gunz, I can walk

down the street with a friggin gun (if I were so inclined, which I'm not), but I can't carry a 6 inch knife.

[Marengo]

15. Would you support background checks and waiting periods for knife purchases?

Possibly based on configuration. Perhaps required on any knife with a blade over 1.5 inch in length, and any knife with a spear type point.

[Hoyt]

16. I'd support tougher restrictions on gunz, and the people who carry them or have more than one or two

at home. Any more than that, and the gun owner is likely sick and/or just a white wing racist. It's really quite simple.

[Marengo]

17. I'm not asking about guns, I'm asking about knives. Why won't you answer?

[Hoyt]

18. Why don't you quit worrying about carrying lethal weapons. Christ. I support tough laws on

anyone who wants to walk around in public with a friggin lethal weapon strapped to their bodies -- Knife, sword, bomb, gun, whatever.

[Marengo]

19. I'm not talking about carrying, but rather purchasing. Would you support background checks...

And waiting periods for the PURCHASE of knives, at least of certain configurations?

[Hoyt]

20. YES, and part of the background check would be how many friggin lethal weapons you have right now.

[Marengo]

21. Would that be all knives, or certain configurations? Are you suggesting limits on purchases...

How would purchases be tracked? Should knife purchases be registered in a central database?

[HAB911]

13. lol, ++++++++++++++

[applegrove]

4. Exactly. Knife is more personal and people have a fighting chance.

[Lee-Lee]

9. It's all supposition to assume it saved lives

Maybe it did. Maybe he had never fired a gun and would have fumbled and not been able to operate it or would have missed.

Maybe he would have gotten a shot off but hit the officer in his vest and the officer would have actually sustained less severe wounds.

[jmg257]

10. SO much for taking advantage of "our lax gun laws".

"Here is an alarming truth: Our current gun laws fail to prevent suspected terrorists from arming themselves on American soil"

Or not.

[athena]

22. Maybe, just maybe,

if we had stronger gun laws, more deaths would be prevented.

But I guess some people will just not realize that until it happens to someone close to them.

[jmg257]

23. Yep - anything to keep the guns out of the wrong hands!

Prosecute the perps!