Knives? Really?
I have little to say about the gun debate that I haven't already said, but I want to make one request to those who advocate no restrictions on firearms ownership: STFU with the knives equivalence, okay?
Yes, the latest mass shooter began his horror spree by killing people with knives. Yes, people kill other people with knives frequently. Yes, knives, hammers, buckets of sheetrock mud and frozen legs of lamb can kill people. In a pinch, I could probably kill you with a ramekin of pudding.
But these things take effort, risk and some amount of skill. Most of all, they take time.
There's no way in this world even the freakiest-skilled ninja can throw 17 knives 200 yards in five seconds. There's no way somebody in a knife fight is going to accidentally kill a kid playing indoors in a house a block away. There's no way anybody could spray knives through a store window or throw knives through doors. You don't hear much about drive-by knifings, do you?
So debate all you wish about the Founders' intentions, mental health crises, good guys with guns, ad nauseum.
But please stop with the ludicrous equivalence games. Guns are a giant leap of technology past baseball bats, bricks and, yes, knives. If you want to be taken seriously, argue seriously.
Don't make me get my pudding.