Stabbing attack at TX college at same time Congress is pushing Gun Control

Clearly the problem was the assault knife used. If we just ban all knives we would all be safer, and after all, who really needs a knife. I am also worried about forks, which can be deadly and in fact probably inspire people to go beserk and stab people with the sharp tines of the fork. If we could just learn to live with only spoons we would all be better off. If this seems far fetched, look at the UK where pointed knives are already banned. Only rounded nose knives are now allowed. What is also interesting about this case is that no information has been released about the arrested individual. Could it be that his name or other identifying information will not fit the stereotype of the typical mass-shooter type that can be demonized and attributed to the gun/violence culture of the U.S.?

You should also not be allowed to buy six packs of steak knives with out a permit. Homes cannot own any chef knife over 6 inches. Steak needs to be pre-cut in bite sizes pieces by the government. Also a drawers with knives in them need to have a lock. Background checks mandatory for all kitchen staff at restaurants and they must have certified training prior. Metal detectors upon leaving and all ceramic knives must be banned and confiscated. No grandfather clause.

Another reminder that regular citizens of this country, not LEOs, will be the ones to stop these criminals in their tracks. We stop these crimes from happening when we empower those who are being targeted. 14 stabbed sounds like a lot, but it could have been much worse had some people not tackled the guy.

Double Naught,

I would like to apologize for not knowing the Webster's definitions for "Mass Shooting" and "Spree Shooting", I guess life got in the way of me spending time doing that research.

Also, I did not know there was an actual difference between the two. It seems to me that if I person is shooting mutiple people (Mass Shooting), they are on a shooting spree. Just like if you are buying multiple items at the same time, it would be a Shopping Spree.

I again apologize for not knowing the specific definitions. I still stand by my statement that most of the shooting incidents involving mutiple people occur in gun-free/weapon/free zones.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

I watched the initial briefing. You would not believe how many reporters asked if the perp had a gun. The general doing the briefing was miffed after awhile. He gave a good briefing though....chris3

The mental contortions some will go through is amazing. Nobody in their right mind would rather face a mass murderer armed with a knife over one armed with a gun. It's absurd. Yes, if you stab or cut the right spot a knife wound can be fatal but given the targets aren't going to just stand there and wait their turn a "mass knife attack" will almost certainly generate far fewer fatalities than a "mass shooting".

And while i believe in the right to be armed lets be honest. Statistically speaking how many people actually carry regularly to begin with? Even in non-gun free zones, the chances of a concealed weapon carrier being there to intervene are generally not good. Ironically, after all the hoopla surrounding CC at CO universities literally not a single person signed up to live in the dorm room for permit holders when it wsa created at the Univ of Colorado Boulder and Colorado Spring campuses..

The mental contortions some will go through is amazing. Nobody in their right mind would rather face a mass shooter armed with a knife over one armed with a gun.

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You should try the mental contortions I'm going through to visualize a shooter armed with a knife instead of a gun.

The mental contortions some will go through is amazing. Nobody in their right mind would rather face a mass shooter armed with a knife over one armed with a gun. You should try the mental contortions I'm going through to visualize a shooter armed with a knife instead of a gun.

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Maybe i meant he was carrying both? Kidding, and corrected.

Leon, no problem. The definitions actually come out of the Bureau of Justice and FBI. The distinctions apparently were/are for the purposes of trying to understand the differences between the types of combatant so as to better deal with them. The problem with such criteria, however, stems from the fact that not all fit neatly into the categories and even if they can be put into the categories the distinctions many not actually shed much light on the actual behaviors. Several of the typically known mass shooters (such as from schools) were actually spree killers who started off their events with murdering people at home (usually not mass) and then followed up by a transition to the location for which they become known for a mass shooting, such as with CT.

I watched the initial briefing. You would not believe how many reporters asked if the perp had a gun.

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Knife doesn't seem to be nearly the hot button topic as gun. By similar logic apparently used by the media, what is most scary isn't what actually happened so much of what could have happened. That is why probably most of you never heard of the 2011 Copley spree/mass murder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copley_Township,_Ohio_shooting

but you heard all about the Clackamas Mall shooting despite the fact that fewer people were killed or injured. It didn't even qualify as a mass event, but was high profile and garnered national headlines for a week.
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2012/12/clackamas_town_center_shooting_61.html

We don't fear being attacked or killed at home nearly as much as white might happen in a mass event such as at a mall, school, etc. Having a gun and it not being used (and if less people were injured, I would argue) would make the situation at Lone Star much more scary and newsworthy than Quick just stabbing and cutting more than a dozen people. Weird.