According To The FBI, Knives Kill Far More People Than Rifles In America – It’s Not Even Close

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  1. Polydectes

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    No they have I would prefer a fiscal conservative but this guy is borrowing and spending. That's liberal.
     
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    Yes you’re right it seems they have five possible uses. You and I both know that by an overwhelming margin killing people is the use guns are most often put to.

    Meanwhile knives have limitless non-lethal utility.
     
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    Oh wow the silence is deafening not a word about what he's done that's far right.

    Why am I not surprised.

    I think the only thing that would have been more predictable is if you told me he was racist
     
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    Hey it's more NONSENSE again.The overwhelming majority of guns is hunting and target shooting. There are 300 million guns in the country. You do the math on death per gun. You'll never want to start your car again. :roflol:
     
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    Against the gun you have a chance. If someone is close enough to stab you it's much more likely to be fatal.
     
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    Why not. Rational thought seems to have already been banned.
     
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    None of this sounds liberal
     
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    So would you rather be stabbed or shot

    At most a bullets going to leave with quarter-inch hole in you a knife is way bigger and you can move it side to side and make the hole bigger.
     
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    I’d disagree with that too. 300+ million guns in the US alone, only about 30,000+ deaths that have a gun as the source of death.
     
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    The Vegas shooter is the only mass shooter we have ever had that could not have been stopped if existing laws were enforced.

    On the other hand, as a millionaire and a pilot, nothing would have prevented him from committing mass murder.
     
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    No, the last thing you want to do is give them freedom.
     
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    I would absolutely rather have someone come at me with a knife than standing in front of me pointing a gun at my chest.
     
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    You don’t know about the 21 foot rule do you?
     
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    The Republicans now exist for the sole purpose of further enriching the top percent. They do nothing for the well being of anyone or anything and serve nothing other than that one cause.
     
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    Well that depends.

    If it's just a lunatic running around in the middle of the street waving a cleaver you have time to run away, assuming you're faster.

    If it's a guy that wants to kill you, but you don't know they want to kill you, you won't see the knife until it's inside you.

    It's also a quiet weapon, which is why serial killers prefer them over guns.

    As for the effectiveness of a knife vs a bunch of men with guns, I leave you with this:

     
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    No doubt, but I believe I stand a better chance fighting someone with a knife as compared to a cat with a gun.
     
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    I know most of our energy is produced by natural gas.
    claims without support can be dismissed without support. What abuses.
    [QUOTEPAbsurd religious freedom agenda supporting discrimination[/QUOTE] supporting the first amendment is not absurd that is liberal it is a liberal to suggest religious freedom shouldn't exist.


    so one thing he is socially conservative on. Wow he's like Adolf Hitler.
    spending military is always good it's what keeps the world safe you're welcome. The EPA is and authoritarian figure that does not answer to the people so it should be cut that is liberal.

    And I thought climate change wasn't the left right thing so having a stance on that wouldn't really expose you is left or right.

    Avast bloated dictatorial government is illiberal
    having a trustworthy media is liberal
    this is caused by things other than the president.

    So you either don't know what liberal means and a mistakenly just think left equals liberal or you attribute things to the president of which are not the fault of the president
     
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    That wasn't my point. I'd rather have a gun against a knife all day long. I'm not so sure I'd live with a knife. And I'll take my chances gun vs gun. At least I have even odds.
     
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    Well, legally.
     
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    My bad you mean you would rather have a gun then a knife. LOL I misunderstood I stand corrected I would rather have a gun also.
     
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    Well, I mean the article COULD be more dishonest, but it would be hard. Not surprising from ****er "OMG! Trump looked at me" Carlson's Daily Caller.

    The article uses the category "Knives or cutting instruments" so it wraps up all sharp object. When we do the same and use the "All firearms" column and add it up we see:

    Total Firearms:
    11,004

    Knives or cutting instruments:
    1,604

    fbi weapons daily caller.JPG

     
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    That's sort of the point when people argue additional laws will stop criminals.
     
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    Why don't you show us a nice chart of "rifles" vs the other categories?

    You know, since "assault weapon" bans would save so many lives and stuff.
     
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