Stabbings at Pennsylvania school add a new wrinkle to gun debate

John Hames shared with you:   Stabbings at Pennsylvania school add a new wrinkle to gun debate Los Angeles Times - The novelty of Wednesday's knife attack on students at a suburban Pittsburgh high school provides a new debating point in America's endless argument about guns. Proponents of an unrestricted right to own and carry all types of firearms will point to this incident and say it proves that any weapon is dangerous and that gun owners should not be singled out and shackled by government regulation. They will also insist that if there had been guns available to teachers and administrators at Franklin Regional Senior High School, where the stabbings took place, someone could have stopped the 16-year-old perpetrator as soon as he initiated his attacks. Proponents of an unrestricted right to own and carry all types of firearms will point to this incident and say it proves that any weapon is dangerous and that gun owners should not be singled out and shackled by government regulation. They will also insist that if there had been guns available to teachers and administrators at Franklin Regional Senior High School, where the stabbings took place, someone could have stopped the 16-year-old perpetrator as soon as he initiated his attacks. Available on the App Store.

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