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Mass knife killing Sydney Australia (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Possibly the worst since the 90s

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-13/nsw-westfield-bondi-junction-evacuated-after-alleged-stabbing/103704952?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can't wait for the pro gun people to somehow turn this into a gun issue somehow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

as an Australian, fuck I am so grateful crazy people can't get guns in this country. imagine what this guy could have done with an automatic weapon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"If only someone had a gun then they could have shot him"

Forgetting that he would have then likely had a gun himself and we end up at the exact same situation in the US with Mass Shootings happening so regularly it doesn't even make national news.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Not too mention in Australia we have guns, we just regulate the guns better.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kinda goes to prove the point that all these killings aren't a gun issue since mass killing is possible either way (its just easier with a gun). Taking guns away would be akin to placing society in a giant old school mental asylum where we are all in straight jackets. Sure we would all be killing each other a lot less when we are in straight jackets all day, but it doesn't stop the violent thoughts and ideation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Mass killings are always going to happen. The difference is that it's a lot harder to kill a lot of people with a knife than it is with a automatic handgun or rifle. Effective range of a knife is maybe 1-2 metres. Effective range of a gun is hundreds of metres.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

"See! Here's one example of mass murder where it wasn't a gun, therefore guns are okay and I'm gonna get my 4yo niece a mini machine gun, in pink."