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Originally Posted by ernie
There is also one other thing that is different between a knife and gun in addition to the lethality of each weapon....killing with a knife is a more personal act than standing several feet away with a gun. I can all but guarantee that there are numerous people that could not commit the crimes they did if they had to do is 6 inches away in a personal manner. And typically, of course, such an attack is unlikely to leave the number of corpses behind.
People can trot out the old stand by arguments of the NRA. They've been shown to be nonsensical and often based on complete misinterpretation of data over and over again. There is no point in arguing against it any more on a discussion forum.
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Not to mention those that are accidental deaths by guns.
I doubt there has ever been a toddler who has accidentally killed someone with a knife, and if there has, I'd be willing to bet I can count them on one hand.