British MP Amess stabbed to death

[onlinebiker]

https://www.cnn.com/uk/live-news/david-a...index.html


Ironically he had brought up blade violence in session a while back.

[Mister Agenda]

He seems to have been pretty well-liked and respected. That's more than a lot of people can say when their time comes.

[onlinebiker]

He seems to have been pretty well-liked and respected. That's more than a lot of people can say when their time comes.

Well - except for the one guy.............

[downbeatplumb]

Apparently it was a Muslim extremist. Once again showing the danger of religion.
Fortunately he did not have access to more dangerous weapons.

[onlinebiker]

Apparently it was a Muslim extremist. Once again showing the danger of religion.
Fortunately he did not have access to more dangerous weapons.

Why?

Would the MP be more dead than he is?

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Did his knife run out of stabs?


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[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Apparently it was a Muslim extremist. Once again showing the danger of religion.
Fortunately he did not have access to more dangerous weapons.

Why?

Would the MP be more dead than he is?

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Did his knife run out of stabs?


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Lots of other people might be dead. Muslims extremists don’t have a problem with taking out bystanders to get the target they’re after.

Boru

[onlinebiker]

Why?

Would the MP be more dead than he is?

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Did his knife run out of stabs?


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Lots of other people might be dead. Muslims extremists don’t have a problem with taking out bystanders to get the target they’re after.

Boru

The guy never left the scene. What was stopping him from stabbing someone else? Likely nothing at all.

He did what he wanted to do - kill the MP.


Do you REALLY think that a gun somehow makes one lose control and shoot people till you run out of ammo or people?

If he had a gun it is probably more likely he would have shot Mr Amess - and stopped. Apparently that was his goal. You have zero evidence otherwise.

No - what we have here is the usual demonization of guns.

[Jehanne]

Fact is, though, the murder rate in Britain is lower than it is in the United States. Also, the odds of surviving a knife attack are greater than that of a gun, which does far more damage to a person's body.

[onlinebiker]

Fact is, though, the murder rate in Britain is lower than it is in the United States.  Also, the odds of surviving a knife attack are greater than that of a gun, which does far more damage to a person's body.

True.

But Mr Amess is dead.


Shooting him again won' t make him any deader.


The whole " good thing it wasn' t a gun" is a red herring.

[Jehanne]

Fact is, though, the murder rate in Britain is lower than it is in the United States.  Also, the odds of surviving a knife attack are greater than that of a gun, which does far more damage to a person's body.

True.

But Mr Amess is dead.


Shooting him again won' t make him any deader.


The whole " good thing it wasn' t a gun" is a red herring.

Life choices and/or public policy decisions is choosing one probability distribution over another. You can own an unsecured handgun in your home: 1) You may kill a hostile intruder who wants to kill you, 2) You may kill a non-hostile thief who simply wishes to steal from you, 3) You may accidentally kill a family member in #1 or #2, 4) A family member may accidentally kill you, 5) A family member, perhaps a child, may kill themselves, etc.