So, a real knife could have saved a few lives

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So, a real knife could have saved a few lives

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Background story, Ex white supremacist leader and army veteran shot up a Sikh temple, 6 dead.
His community under attack, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin president Satwant Singh Kaleka fought back with all his strength and a simple butter knife, trying to stab a murderous gunman before taking two fatal gunshots to the leg.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012 ... eroes.html

Not sure how useful it would have been, but a real knife would work a lot better than a butter knife.
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probably gonna go with the user here, i could do some damage with a butter knife in the life or death situation. jmo, though.
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No, another gun could have saved a few lives.
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Very sad indeed...
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Dench wrote:No, another gun could have saved a few lives.
We don't have a "like" button. So . . . +1 on that.
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I'm confused, which is not all that unusual before my first cup of coffee, but aren't all Sihk males required by their religion to carry a specific type of knife called a Kirpan pretty much all the time?
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That's right Paul, but it seems to be more ceremonial nowadays than a weapon.
In this case it prooved better than nothing though.
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The Deacon wrote:I'm confused, which is not all that unusual before my first cup of coffee, but aren't all Sihk males required by their religion to carry a specific type of knife called a Kirpan pretty much all the time?
Yes, but a kirpan tattoo (done with a high iron content ink) is done a lot more frequently these days
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Monocrom wrote:We don't have a "like" button. So . . . +1 on that.
Make it +2.
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Monocrom wrote:We don't have a "like" button. So . . . +1 on that.
Make it +2.
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The Deacon wrote:I'm confused, which is not all that unusual before my first cup of coffee, but aren't all Sihk males required by their religion to carry a specific type of knife called a Kirpan pretty much all the time?
Many are either permanently fixed into the sheath or not sharpened to comply with local laws, and not all Sikhs carry kirpans.
Dench wrote:No, another gun could have saved a few lives.
So you are saying stabbing the gun man with a sharp knife instead of a butter knife would have no effect?
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Maybe he means, Never bring a knife to a gun fight...

RIP to the victims.
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So you are saying stabbing the gun man with a sharp knife instead of a butter knife would have no effect?
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Like all these incidents, the "shoulda, coulda, woulda" type second guessing does absolutely no good and, in some cases insults the memory of those who died.
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