Killers kill--Guns are Tools

Recently I talked about the silliness following the shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown. Everyone is once again for instant gun-control. No one remembers all the silly laws on the books that are either not enforced or cannot be enforced. No one addressed the hot potato issue of mental illness.

I, however, believe I am right to insist that we concentrate on mentally ill people who become killers.

Today, Wednesday, December 26, 2012 an article in the Wall Street Journal makes my point succinctly by quoting Chinese statistics on child mass-murders. Note: no guns were involved yet great numbers of children were injured and killed.

Aug. 3, 2010 Man wielding a knife kills three children at a Shandong kindergarten.

Aug. 29, 2011 Staffer at a Shanghai day-care center wounds eight children with a knife.

Sept. 14, 2011 a man in Henan province kills six with an ax, including two young girls.

Dec. 14, 2012 a knife-wielding man injures 23 children outside a primary school in Henan province.

Also, a man who was upset with a court ruling after the murder of his daughter drove car into a group of students eating their lunch. This incident took place in China’s Hebei province and injured 13 students. The murderer almost succeeded setting the car on fire after the incident.

Note not one gun was involved in these crimes.