... officials said. NBC stated that the knifeman also injured the "guard" that was escorting the couple. As I recall, some countries already have a "knife" ban. I think Australia has a ban on swords, and allows such things as machetes only if the owner can show a practical need for having one.
... when the mentally ill woman in Bordeaux came at the police officer with a knife and he shot and killed her despite the fact that he was IIRC in his cruiser? The training is that a person with a knife will win an encounter with someone with a handgun, *if* the handgun is still holstered while the knife attacker is within 21 feet of the person with the handgun. If I'm ...
...Law enforcement* officers around here have shot and killed people who've come at them with knives. Remember the case years back when the mentally ill woman in Bordeaux came at the police officer with a knife and he shot and killed her despite the fact that he was IIRC in his cruiser? Then there was the case several years back of the mentally ill man in an outlying county who ...
...> It's certainly *harder* to commit most crimes without a gun. A knife requires getting physically closer to the intended victim - it will be nearly impossible to carjack me with a knife, I can close the window and drive off, and your ... the mentally ill woman in Bordeaux came at the police officer with a knife and he shot and killed her despite the fact that he was IIRC ...
... 2008 18:44:02 -0500, Paul Stevens wrote: Banning guns seems to offer no real improvement. Knives...places) we don't really know whether gun bans offer any real improvement. They haven't tried ... to commit most crimes without a gun. A knife requires getting physically closer to the intended victim ...>>> nearly impossible to carjack me with a knife, I can close the window and drive...
... 2008 18:44:02 -0500, Paul Stevens wrote: Banning guns seems to offer no real improvement. Knives,... places) we don't really know whether gun bans offer any real improvement. They haven't tried ... to commit most crimes without a gun. A knife requires getting physically closer to the intended victim ... nearly impossible to carjack me with a knife, I can close the window and drive ...
...Aug 2008 18:44:02 -0500, Paul Stevens wrote: Banning guns seems to offer no real improvement. Knives,... places) we don't really know whether gun bans offer any real improvement. They haven't tried ...* to commit most crimes without a gun. A knife requires getting physically closer to the intended victim -... nearly impossible to carjack me with a knife, I can close the window and drive ...
... 2008 18:44:02 -0500, Paul Stevens wrote: Banning guns seems to offer no real improvement. Knives...places) we don't really know whether gun bans offer any real improvement. They haven't tried ... to commit most crimes without a gun. A knife requires getting physically closer to the intended victim ...>>> nearly impossible to carjack me with a knife, I can close the window and drive ...
... On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:44:02 -0500, Paul Stevens wrote: Banning guns seems to offer no real improvement. Knives, explosives, ... China (and indeed in most places) we don't really know whether gun bans offer any real improvement. They haven't tried relaxing them. Gun bans and confiscations have been very effective in DC, NYC, Chicago, LA, ...
...:44:02 -0500, Paul Stevens wrote: Banning guns seems to offer no real...don't really know whether gun bans offer any real improvement. They haven't tried relaxing them. Gun bans and confiscations have been very effective... crimes without a gun. A knife requires getting physically closer to ... are done with a firearm, knife, blunt instrument, superior strength, or ...
