http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24808304/>1=7701
Just seems like the next logical step, I mean if banning guns doesn't stop crime and murder then I am sure banning knives will, probably need to ban cars, and pencils, as well as pens.
Your right truth hurts, leave that to expolsive materials.... which can never be outlawed because they have too many practical uses.
Anonymous
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Who is trying to ban Guns? Have you ever seen what an AK-47 does to 10 and 11 year old that have been shot up? Well I have and I believe those types of Guns should be left in the Military.
Anonymous
9 ADTeutoburg Massacre~30,000 killedTeutoburg Forest, GermanyRoman legions under Varus ambushed by Germanic tribes
June 1220Samarkand Massacre~75,000killed Samarkand, Khwarezm (present day Iran and Iraq)During the Khwarezm War Mongols under Genghis Khan sieged to the capitol city of Khwarezm and, after the Turkish garrison surrendered the city, drove out the remaining population slaughtering over 75,000 men, women, and children. The Turkish soldiers were also killed as an example for their treason.
The Ottoman Empire was one of the first states to put gunpowder weapons into widespread use. The famous Janissary corps of the Ottoman army began using matchlock muskets as early as the 1440s
We should ban stones, clubs, hands etc..... theses all have potential of killing with the assistance of a human operator?
DAR
I think the country should be like an airplane.
No scissors, plastic utensils only, liquids in 3oz containers or less....
Sheesh.....
Truth hurts - 9/11 was with box cutters.... so do we ban everything or just catch the criminals and arm the citizenry to defend itself?
Hardly from London here, and we do have a cultural bias (2d amendment and all), but still....
Spottswoode
In response to the above responder, blades are indeed responsible for mass killings. Consider the many years of humanity that existed before guns and also the recent genocide that has been occurring in Africa for many years. Much of it is done with machetes.
a bush family member
Knives are more deadly than guns. It was a mistake for England to ban guns since crime in England will continue to rise.
Gun control kills people. Guns were used at least a million times last year for self-defense.
"more than 2.5 million people use a gun in self defense each year"
http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/eoc/2007/pdf/eoc-20070827.pdf
Gun crime is rising in countries that ban guns.
Japan: Gun crime rise alarms Japanese
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7257072.stm
England: Masked gunmen shoot pub drinkers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7309299.stm