Posted on 03/02/2014 12:43:38 AM PST by FR_addict
At least 33 people are dead and 130 injured after a group of knife-wielding men hacked their way through innocent people at one of China's busiest railway stations.
Distressing photos circulating online showed bodies, pools of blood and abandoned luggage scattered across the terminal floor at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province.
Authorities described the incident at about 9.20pm local time (1.20pm GMT) as an 'organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack' in which at least 10 people stabbed commuters outside the station terminal before moving inside.
The death toll stands at 29 bystanders and four attackers who were shot dead by police.
Nothing is yet known of the motivation behind the attack, but the Chinese government has blamed militants from the remote far western region of Xinjiang, which is home to tensions between the government and Muslim separatists.
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Crown = crowd. Sorry.
Silly point.
Are you trying to say that it is no use to CCW?
Are you saying just give in, its gonna happen anyway?
Mt point would be, Carry. Yeah, its not a magic wand. Yeah, some will still die, maybe even the carrier. But take as many bad guys down too as you can. Defend!!
Your post sounded defeatist.
Merely a recognition that CCW, while very useful in many circumstances, is not a magic wand that will prevent all bad things from happening.
Can CCW protect an individual and his family? Quite often.
Will CCW potentially prevent or shorten mass shootings by a lone nut? Certainly has that potential.
Will CCW prevent or do much of anything to stop an assault by a group of heavily armed terrorists? Nope.
To my mind that isn’t defeatist. Just a recognition that if we want to prevent such attacks other means of defense are required.
Military rifles are a fine piece of hardware.
Will they stop a tank? Nope. It is just common sense, IMO, to be aware of what various weapons and policies are capable of doing, and what they are not capable of.
More reliable than US Govt sources, sad to say. So are the Russians.
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