Another Shooting, Another Gun Free Zone

[Jimbo1337]

MikeRox said:

o_O.Q said:

why not start banning rope, acid, knives etc etc etc?

they can all be used to harm right? and apparently knives kill more than handguns yearly... as i said the problem is not guns and never has been, it is that people sometimes wish to harm other people and its not going to stop

 

Rope, Knives, Acid etc all have purposes beyond killing someone. Not sure what other function a gun serves than to fire a bullet at someone/thing.

Therein lies the difference.

As for the other part of your comment. There is so much ignorance and a complete lack of understanding as to the social circumstances in which dictatorships sieze power that I'm not even going to bother.

You also have tranquilizer, paintball, and taser guns.

Then you have ammunition such as rubber bullets, wax bullets, plastic bullets, beanbag rounds, and ring airfoil projections, which are all non-lethal ammunition that is designed to incapacitate the target.

So how is that ANY different from say a knife?