Again, the supporters of stricter laws about guns will scream that we need to limit the people's access to weapons. I will say that the reason is not the weapon. People who use weapons in such situations mentally abnormal. In China or Japan and there are mass killings with a knife.
It has been this way since the beginning, just imagine the stone age where they caved weapons out if rock, men gought wars and committed genocide with mere stone and imagine how direct such actions were, and same thign in our generation, it's it's easy to kill with a gun all you need to do is pull the trigger and boom Someone is dead, no matter the laws introduced and as long as weapons remains legal, incidents like this won't be the last.
Are you even aware you are replying to a post which was published here in the forum about 6 years ago?
Leaving that little fact to one side, I don't believe this comparisons with the United States and other countries where people use knives and other melee weapons to kill as many people as possible are valid. Knives and other sharp tools serve a purpose beyond the capabilities they have to be used as weapons. Besides, it is obvious the amount of death and destruction which can be potentially achieved by a knife cannot be compared to what an assault rifle can do.
During a mass attack with a knife, in the worst case scenario, there will be less than a dozen (or even less) people killed and several injured. Guns in general, since they are tools specifically designed to kill, can cause more casualties before anyone can do anything to stop the attacker.
I am not against the right of the people to defend themselves if they need to, but one cannot allow mentally ill people to wield weapons like those in the name of freedom and conservative values.
