[Night Stalker]

Originally posted by Lanesra: quote: Originally posted by Night Stalker: Gee, Donut, The Boston Strangler murdered more than 20 women. I wonder why he was called the "strangler" and not the "shooter".

He didn't kill 20 people in 60 seconds though! [/QUOTE]This is a statement born of fear and nothing more. While a firearm allows for injuries to be dealt at a distance and some even have high rates of fire, dealing a leathal wound still requires proper placement. Also, given the both the frightening sound a firearm emmits alerting everyone in range of the danger plus the good ole flight or fight instinct, the only ways this many people are gonna die in 60s are if they are all in a tightly confined space and cannot flee or the shooter is dealing with some serious military hardware. You just will not see this mortality rate with a pistol or even most assault weapons.

Even in the infamous Columbine incident, a confined space if you ask me, only 8 students, 1 teacher were killed and about 20 more wounded and that took longer than 20 min.

As have been said before, there are many other ways to deal death that are more effictive and even more silent than a firearm. Do we ban these items as well? They very likely reside in your home or tool shed.