International Man kills 9 kids in school attack in China

[awshoot]

Just a reminder, Crazy doesn't need a gun: Knife Attack at Chinese Middle School Leaves Nine Children Dead

Although when searching for the above, I came across this story that's four years old but I never heard about it -- jeez, 33 dead, 130 injured in a group knife attack: 33 Dead, 130 Injured in China Knife-Wielding Spree

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[Ralgha]

Found this tidbit from the first article,

"I thought campuses were safe without guns," one user wrote on Weibo.

IT'S NOT THE GUNS, MORONS!

 

[tac]

A few years back, a loon with a serious but unspecified grudge converted a fire extinguisher into a flame-thrower, and used it on a classroom full of kids in the Belfast grade school. Thankfully nobody died, but a few kids were burnt badly.

It is the intent that matters, not the tool used to commit the crime.

A can of hair spray and a cigarette lighter could do the same amount of damage, or a garden spray filled with acid.

tac

 

[RicInOR]

There was some training, 4 years ago, to use brooms and other common items in the classroom as a defense. Did they stop that training? Did they modernize, and the students no longer sweep this classroom (could be just rural thing)

 

[weimar_police]

yikes...

 

[NW Backpacker]

Youtube video comparing China and USA by a guy that's lived in China for about 10 years. He compares safety (crime) from 12:57 to 16:25. It's an eye opener:

Bet none of the IP43 petitioners has an inkling that this stuff is going on.
China has 4.9 guns per 100 residents. USA has over 100:
Estimated number of guns per capita by country - Wikipedia