Comment on Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others
Jaderick@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoIn the US people like that use guns, because they’re so easily accessible. Elsewhere people use other weapons, notably a sword in this case. Banning the weapon is unlikely to stop the next rando attack.
Opportunities like subsidized state mental health services and meeting someone’s basic human needs goes a long way in stopping someone from despairing so much that they attack randos on the street.
Tories are groß capitalists who don’t care to have those needs met for anyone but themselves
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Banning the weapon is extremely likely to stop the next rando attack, and the next one and the next one and the next one…
Then yes, someone will get a hold of a weapon and commit a crime, but dozens more were prevented
GTFO with your excuses
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Steady on lad, no need to start attacking another user like that. You can disagree and be respectful at the same time.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
When the next person uses a hammer, do you suggest we ban hammers?
Or when they ram their car into people, ban cars?
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 4 weeks ago
If someone had a car, specifically designed to injure, it would probably be banned. Swords are already banned for the most part.
Legislation here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-offensive-weapons-act-2019/statutory-guidance-offensive-weapons-act-2019-accessible-version
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
For us old folks. Cars used to have mirrors mounted to the front bonnet. About half way down.
As those mirrors would puncher and sometimes kill people hit. They were banned at some 0oint in the 80s.
Sp even cars a cidently designed in a way that is unsafe. Are banned from production. And that is in the US as well.