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Originally Posted by Lucien21
There are a lot more crimes than murder committed with guns.
Beside try reading my post where I stated
"If your human nature was to commit a crime you would still commit it with a rock if need be."
Guns just make it easier. Would 30 people have dies in Virginia if he had a knife, or a rock?
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Bath School Massacre
The Bath School disaster is the name given to three bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, USA, on May 18, 1927, which killed 45 people and injured 58
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
Osaka school massacre
At 10:15 that morning, 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma entered the school armed with a kitchen knife and began stabbing numerous school children and teachers. He killed eight children, mostly between the ages of seven and eight, and seriously wounded thirteen other children and two teachers. Takuma was later convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was executed on September 14, 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre
Phillipines
man kills 10 and wounds 14 others. Turns self in later.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18992200/
Lets not forget the oklahoma city bombing and the world trade center (9/11)
Over 2,500,000 lives are saved every year in defense using a firearm. Consider most of the deaths are gangs killing each other in the city, criminals don't need guns to kill people, they will use any tool they can.
The reason so many people died at Virginia Tech had a variety of reasons. First of all, that college had a duty to protect those students. They had a "No Gun Policy" and there was legal action where the principle of the college specifically stated "This will be a safer place without guns" before the massacre happened. The cops are not there to protect people, by the time they arrive there, they will be there only to take pictures of your body and draw outlines. In the event a student had a gun on them that day, the massacre could have been prevented. Lets not forget the bomb threat either, Cho did infact have explosives in his dorm room which were listed on the warrant.
