>>Now would these folks have grabbed another available weapon? I imagine the answer is "sometimes, but not always." Guns just make it too easy to hurt others.

>It looks like in England they are grabbing knives...
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Some of them, some of the time. But on the whole, you have to work harder and get much closer to do the same damage with a knife that you can do with a gun. It's a much more personal way to hurt someone.

Tamar