Thursday, April 10, 2014

People Violence


I guess I could have titled this "Comment of the Day" but the above title more accurately describes this. It is a Facebook post by Sheriff Jim Wilson regarding the knife attack by a student on his fellow students in western Pennsylvania yesterday.

THE RECENT SCHOOL KNIFING TRAGEDY is just a reminder that we are not faced with GUN VIOLENCE in our society. It is PEOPLE VIOLENCE that is causing all the trouble.

The kid could have used a machete, a baseball bat, a firearm, or even a weed whacker to cause harm. Violence is violence regardless of the adjective that precedes it.

UPDATE: I would also point readers to a post by Jim Shepherd at The Outdoor Wire who notes that the usual groups calling for something to be done (e.g. CSGV, Brady, MAIG, Demanding Mommies) are strangely absent from the media after this knife attack.

4 comments:

  1. That it is... it's the PEOPLE, not the weapon used...

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  3. Absolutely RIGHT! You never know when someone is going to attack you with a gun, knife, car, bat, machete or weed wacker. That's why we should arm our teachers and children with guns, knives, cars, bats, machetes and weed wackers! Keep our schools safe!

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