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In reply to the discussion: Stabbings vs Shootings, Warning: about killing and death! [View all]Stuart G
(38,420 posts)5. The purpose of a knife is not to kill, the only purpose of a gun is "to kill." (that is why)
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We need to find out what we have done wrong with people, when I was a kid we had knives in school,
braddy
Dec 2019
#23
That is just repeating the same old same old that created this in the first place, my very point.
braddy
Dec 2019
#27
Like everything it will become cheap and common and gangs and criminals will make their own or buy
braddy
Dec 2019
#37
3D printers are hardly fantasy while overthrowing the Constitution and removing 450 million current
braddy
Dec 2019
#40
Let's throw some good mental health practices into the mix too. A lot of people can be
abqtommy
Dec 2019
#2
I totally agree. Good mental health practices, as well as free availability to all everywhere,
Stuart G
Dec 2019
#3
The purpose of a knife is not to kill, the only purpose of a gun is "to kill." (that is why)
Stuart G
Dec 2019
#5
Countless knives and edged weapons are designed only to kill, while countless others are like guns
braddy
Dec 2019
#14
My Fairbairn-Sykes is the first I reach for when cutting veggies in the kitchen...
Marengo
Dec 2019
#19
I once fought off a guy with a knife and have a wicked scar on my arm from that.
hunter
Dec 2019
#28
If you were to ask me, I would use the model of licensing cars and driver's licenses.
Midnight Writer
Dec 2019
#11
Millions of Americans drive drunk everyday. Should that not be regulated, folk will do it anyway?
Midnight Writer
Dec 2019
#15
As I've said, the second amendment is bullshit, just as constitutional slavery was bullshit.
hunter
Dec 2019
#46
A lot of Sheriffs n sellers keep refusing to enforce firearm regulations though
dustyscamp
Dec 2019
#34