5 students stabbed, suspect killed on California university campus

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

A suspect stabbed five people on a university campus in central California Wednesday morning before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday.

Two of the victims attacked at the University of California, Merced, were taken by helicopter to hospitals for treatment, spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said. The three other victims were treated locally, she said.

Student Alex Lopez was heading to his class, when he realized something was wrong on campus.

"I was listening to a podcast, and there was a break in talking, and I just hear a gunshot," he said.

He said police and first responders flooded the scene.

"You see this stuff all over the news and stuff and you see it happen to all these other schools," but you don't expect it to happen at your school, said Lopez, 21.

Few details about the stabbing were immediately available, but the incident occurred at around 8 a.m. local time in the Classroom and Office Building, KCRA.com reported. The suspect was reportedly apprehended.

The rural school is about 120 miles south of Sacramento. The campus in the city of Merced opened a decade ago -- the first new school built in the University of California system since 1965, the university says on its website.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/04/campus-stabbing-cancels-classes-at-uc-merced/

[JohnR! 5,495]

If only he had a gun, instead of stabbing mere five people, he could have killed tens... Just where the heck is the NRA when you need them!

[Teddy B 17,252]

If only he had a gun, instead of stabbing mere five people, he could have killed tens... Just where the heck is the NRA when you need them!

You very rarely see results like this when a gun is used.

Two of the victims attacked at the University of California, Merced, were taken by helicopter to hospitals for treatment, spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said. The three other victims were treated locally, she said.

We need more knives!

[JohnR! 5,495]

Precisely! Only a gun can give you the impact such a carnage warrants!

Also, you need to consider that according to Ben Carson, these five people who were killed are at fault, because they just stood there while there we being stabbed. I mean, who does that? And according to Trump, they are all losers, because, frankly, if you get killed it makes you a loser.

You very rarely see results like this when a gun is used.

We need more knives!

[lostinblue 1,989]

If we only had fewer knives in our country .

Knives Kill More People Each Year Than Rifles: Time For Knife Control?

November 11, 2014 By Sean Davis

According to crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), knives are consistently used to kill people far more often than rifles are used. And the numbers arent even close: five times as many murders were committed with knives than were committed with rifles last year.

The FBI statistics show that knives have been used as a murder weapon far more often than rifles even those evil assault weapons we hear so much about for quite a while. In 2013, knives or other cutting instruments were used to kill 1,490 victims. In contrast, rifles were the cause of death of 285 murder victims. Shotguns were used in 308 murders. In 2009, the ratio was very similar: knives were used in five times as many murders as rifles.

http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/knives-kill-more-people-each-year-than-rifles-time-for-knife-control/

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

please refrain from making personal insults towards other members.

[Teddy B 17,252]

If we only had fewer knives in our country .

Knives Kill More People Each Year Than Rifles: Time For Knife Control?

November 11, 2014 By Sean Davis

According to crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), knives are consistently used to kill people far more often than rifles are used. And the numbers arent even close: five times as many murders were committed with knives than were committed with rifles last year.

The FBI statistics show that knives have been used as a murder weapon far more often than rifles even those evil assault weapons we hear so much about for quite a while. In 2013, knives or other cutting instruments were used to kill 1,490 victims. In contrast, rifles were the cause of death of 285 murder victims. Shotguns were used in 308 murders. In 2009, the ratio was very similar: knives were used in five times as many murders as rifles.

http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/knives-kill-more-people-each-year-than-rifles-time-for-knife-control/

What a silly comparison to make LIB. Who kills anyone with a rifle? I bet more people were killed with rubber bands than were killed by rifles.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Teddy B

[lostinblue 1,989]

What a silly comparison to make LIB. Who kills anyone with a rifle? I bet more people were killed with rubber bands than were killed by rifles.

You liberals want to ban the ar-15's all the time .

[Teddy B 17,252]

You liberals want to ban the ar-15's all the time .

Your original post makes no mention of semi-automatic weapons. Nor does the pic in the article reflect that it does.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Teddy B

[Sousuke 1,214]

What a silly comparison to make LIB. Who kills anyone with a rifle? I bet more people were killed with rubber bands than were killed by rifles.

You may be right. I couldn't find rubber band deaths but choking on small objects kills 2800 children in the US. Rubber bands were towards the top of the list of objects children choke on.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Your original post makes no mention of semi-automatic weapons. Nor does the pic in the article reflect that it does.

believe the article was inclusive of semiautomatic actions.

[Teddy B 17,252]

You may be right. I couldn't find rubber band deaths but choking on small objects kills 2800 children in the US. Rubber bands were towards the top of the list of objects children choke on.

Thanks Sousuke.

LIB, this chart was in the article you posted. I would imagine that AR-15's would fall into the "Other guns not listed" category, which is around 2000 per year and it is slightly more than knives.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Teddy B

[lostinblue 1,989]

Your original post makes no mention of semi-automatic weapons. Nor does the pic in the article reflect that it does.

You severe lack of knowledge on this subject seems to be showing Ted.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Thanks Sousuke.

LIB, this chart was in the article you posted. I would imagine that AR-15's would fall into the "Other guns not listed" category, which is around 2000 per year and it is slightly more than knives.

AR-15s are rifles. So they would be a subset of the 285.

[Teddy B 17,252]

You severe lack of knowledge on this subject seems to be showing Ted.

AR-15s are rifles. So they would be a subset of the 285.

Either way, the comparison is still silly, who cares? Let's find one subset of firearms that kills the fewest amount of people and compare it to knife deaths. Foolishness.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Teddy B