>>>>Ok, let me rephrase. Do you believe the number of murders by gun would be replaced by an equal number of murders by knife? How on earth (or anywhere else) would you manage a Columbine with a knife?
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>>>The guy in japan did it. Killed 7 people randomly with one knife.
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>>And that's why it's news, because it doesn't happen that often. Killing with a knife is a lot harder than killing with a gun.
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>>Tamar
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>No, it appeared on the news because 7 people died. Had 1 died, no one would have cared - just like when 1 person is shot. It doesn't make international news. 5 or 10 people being shot or stabbed or beat with bats makes the news.
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>The tools used to kill people isn't what makes it a headline.
It must have been one of those hi-tech-semi-automatic Japanese knife.
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