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Originally posted by jadedgrin
well i think what some people are saying about knives is true seeming how the media tells everyone a gun is killing machine, and it practically goes around killing by itself.... of course its not easy to kill someone with a gun, or with a knife. cause they wont just stand there and die. but its good to think of a gun as a firearm, seeming as thats what it is. in terms of knives, i firmly beleive that some people really shouldnt be trusted with any type of weapon, so i can see why their are restrictions, however it think 5 or 6 inches would be more reasonable (except then everyone and their mother would have a combat knife)
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A knife is a killing machine as well. It is also a weapon. and BTW the media paints knives in a far worse light than guns. There are lots of stories on the local news about hunting and none of those stories (even the ones in which a hunter shoots someone instead of a deer) go into the diatribe about how dangerous guns are. You get a story about a chef's knife and it's described as a "razor sharp shard of death" or some such nonsense.
I think that a gun is a gun, whether you call it a gun or a firearm or a weapon (in my mindset, weapon is the key word. Whether it's a gun, a knife, or a club, it's a dangerous object if you're trying to use it against me.)
I cannot see why gun laws are so lax and knife laws are not. You can buy an AK-47 and carry it around the woods looking for a deer to vaporize, but if the cops catch you with a 6" knife they'll confiscate it, and you're lucky if that's all they do to you.
I agree with you that some people should not be trusted with any type of weapon. The problem is that our laws are not only not set up that way, but they're set up in an insane alternative. Almost anyone, no matter how untrustworthy, can get a gun, while almost no one, no matter how trustworthy, can carry a decently-sized knife. It simply doesn't make sense.