Joat42 wrote:TFLYTSNBN wrote:My argument is quite meaningful. The fact that knife crime in London has become so alarming illustrates the point that when guns are unavailable, other weapons can and will be substituted for guns with lethal results.
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No, your argument isn't meaningful because anyone with a brain understands that if someone is out to harm people they will lay their hands on the most convenient weapon at hand that will do the job.
Perhaps it wouldn't be so alarming to an US citizen if it had been gun crime on the rise instead.
You just made my point. People who desire to kill will use whatever weapon is available. The reputation that guns have for being deadly weapons obscures the fact that except for damage to bones, a wound from a knife is just as deadly as wound from a bullet. The vast majority of gun homicides are committed at knife fighting range.