It's the same story: A quiet, nice kid who didn't have many friends, fantasized about killing people. But here's where the story diverges: Instead of shooting people to kill them, he tried to slash and stab them with a box-cutter knife. Thus, instead of 14 deaths, we have possibly 14 survivors.
Cynically, some people have taken to Twitter to suggest that we have knife background checks. Well, there's a reason why the TSA has decided to chuck the small knife rule: It's not that easy to kill a lot of people with a small knife.
Put another way: If you are facing 30 zombies, do you want a box cutter with you, or a semiautomatic gun with a 30 ammo clip? If guns can't kill people (or zombies), then maybe you should choose the box cutter.
The obvious truth is, that while both guns and knives might be used to kill, one is far more efficient in killing.
US Marines don't go to a battle field with box cutters.
SWAT doesn't swarm with box cutters.
Al Qaeda doesn't throw knives at you from 500 feet away.
Chicks with Guns isn't an equivalent meme to Chicks with Knifes.
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