Plenty of people are stabbed or chopped with macheted etc . Happens in places where guns aren't wisely available. Prisons are still of violence, no guns in there. Weird right?
Stop repeating this idiot taking point. The problem is social and mental. Plenty of other countries with guns don't have these problems. Figure out the your cause, stop being afraid of the Boogeyman, and let's make some real progress .
My "favorite" example of the problem is look up the date and outcome of Sandy Hook and the date and outcome of the Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing. Same day, similar number of victims. Zero deaths when it was a guy with a knife. 24 when it was a guy with a gun.
Technically it's not the guns either: attacks on the public also also include mass stabbings and mass vehicular assault. Taking the guns away will save lives, which is good, but it won't solve the ultimate problem of people thinking violence against the public is a good idea. We need to address gun safety AND mental health, ideally at the same time, preferably today.
I had a out-there coworker (also an english teacher) say we'd fix all problems in a day if everyone was issued a personal nuclear device. Everybody would be nice to everyone...
As much as I hate to be that guy, this likely isn't true. The rifle recovered from the scene was reported as a .30-06, and Turan doesn't seem to make that caliber.
There's plenty of factual proof that Kirk was a shit human in most ways, and the current admin is shit in the same and every other way without us spreading misinformation like they do.
I see this so many times and every time it's 100% the fault of whoever gave that woman a bow and absolutely NO instruction on how to f'g use it. Not even an arm guard?
Idk, I feel like it's more blunt force penetration. Like if you just drop an arrow or knife blade on your arm, it has the potential to pierce skin. A bullet won't do that, it needs substantial force behind it.
That's essentially the same thing, at least as a larger concept. The larger the surface area is at point of contact, the more force it needs to pierce. Really I would say "stab" and "shoot" just pertain to the method of piercing, so I wouldn't call hitting someone with an arrow from 200m "stabbing".
Yeah I think Obama did the first 6000 mile stabbing, at least that was an option he okayed when it was presented by military advisers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDaDHSZQjUE
Yep and that missile helped to lower the risk of collateral damage by an order of magnitudes. IIRC they killed a guy in his car on a busy street with no other casualties in the first well document use of the weapon.
Nah, its just a fact. You think its bait because it was a member of "our team" and it makes you uncomfortable due to cognitive dissonance. Refusing to acknowledge and hold our leaders accountable leads us down the same road as these fascist fucks, just with the veneer of whatever freedoms are considered exploitable by the corporations that are buying our elections. Which is massively more preferable, but still a bad ending.
The world record for farthest archery hit is from 2015, when Matt Stutzman (paralympian born without arms, shoots using his legs and feet) hit a target at a distance of 283.4 meters (930 ft). PS. He's also a drag racer. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Stutzman
LerryV2
#1 thats a 12 gauge shotgun
thechelonianshelmet
Osman Gürcü has the farthest knife throw so far at just under 46 yards, not bad, but not 200 yard facist remover.
DerpeDimmer
#1
madeejit
Drive-by stabbings aren't really a great option either.
HearMeFart
Considering about 1% of Americans are transgender, they're even WAAAAAY under represented in these stastics.
Source: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Pop-Update-Aug-2025.pdf
StonesTwice
guns kill people, only when the human ( and I say that lightly ) pulls the trigger. A gun is an inanimate object till a human picks it up
AVaguelyFamiliarUsername
A 200 yard stabbing is called archery.
memedrift2410
Plenty of people are stabbed or chopped with macheted etc . Happens in places where guns aren't wisely available. Prisons are still of violence, no guns in there. Weird right?
Stop repeating this idiot taking point. The problem is social and mental. Plenty of other countries with guns don't have these problems. Figure out the your cause, stop being afraid of the Boogeyman, and let's make some real progress .
SimSimSimsalabim
IHateApostrophes
More accurately in this case it's: Shooting of a cis white conservative man by a cis white conservative man "it's the transgenders fault"
Comet260
MAGA on MAGA violence.
kerby233
"I've never seen a stabbing 200 meters away" -> did you guys forget that bows and arrows exist???
OlivierVermaas
Thanks god the epstein files are concerned!
Astramancer
My "favorite" example of the problem is look up the date and outcome of Sandy Hook and the date and outcome of the Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing. Same day, similar number of victims. Zero deaths when it was a guy with a knife. 24 when it was a guy with a gun.
orangemarmaladesky
Some of us remember.
dickblack12
Haha, nice
widiwi
#1 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/mens-archery-farthest-accurate-distance
BanCannon
They sell posters of the records? I have some marksmanship qualification ranges I'd like to hot this up at.
frischcode
TyrannusEquus
I'm with ya, but I do have to mention the knife missile. We made stabbings a projectile attack now.
QuartzPoker
Technically it's not the guns either: attacks on the public also also include mass stabbings and mass vehicular assault. Taking the guns away will save lives, which is good, but it won't solve the ultimate problem of people thinking violence against the public is a good idea. We need to address gun safety AND mental health, ideally at the same time, preferably today.
hydrocarbon82
I had a out-there coworker (also an english teacher) say we'd fix all problems in a day if everyone was issued a personal nuclear device. Everybody would be nice to everyone...
backrideup9
What are bullets if not small, high velocity knives?
ScoundrelPDX
Small, high-velocity metal rocks. No edge to those things at all. :-)
fjet
The left needs to arm themselves. Fascism is already here. I wish I was joking
andrewedf10
maybe you don't live in america. but, most of us already have guns.
Comet260
A lot of the left is armed. They just don't advertise it like the right does.
hotforsox
Ok
EdWinchester
I reckon all you yanks cross dress for his funeral, I think he would have liked that.
hotforsox
Time traveler here, you killed next gen Hitler.
Time line change
SneakerPumpernickel
Is an arrow not stabbing from far away?
AyatollahBahloni
arocktrucker777
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJldG14b250dWUzZnN3MzBncnd0MnQ0czdmMnBuYnZkbzNjZ2Vpc2JrayZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/G47vOXFPPRuldsAW6g/200w.mp4
woozle
Is the transgender ideology in the room with us right now?
onlyhalfghost
sorry, I'm bad at hiding.
Nathanyel
to be fair, not the first invisible, intangible thing they believe in
Clockworkdancerobot
And the last one wasn't transgender. They thought they might be but turns out decided no. They were a mixed up Nazi fuckhead.
Raventhief
rowzdowr
As much as I hate to be that guy, this likely isn't true. The rifle recovered from the scene was reported as a .30-06, and Turan doesn't seem to make that caliber.
There's plenty of factual proof that Kirk was a shit human in most ways, and the current admin is shit in the same and every other way without us spreading misinformation like they do.
Clockworkdancerobot
Was referring to the school shooting earlier.
Raventhief
Ah, well, same applies.
drousnavat
To be fair, you can pull off a 200 yard stabbing. That is what archery is for.
Pornoandcatvideos
gobblinal
I see this so many times and every time it's 100% the fault of whoever gave that woman a bow and absolutely NO instruction on how to f'g use it. Not even an arm guard?
PostalHeathen
Archery: Because I really want to stab that guy, but he's all the way over there and I'm too lazy to walk.
Klaumbaz
Technically they're all just pointy sticks. some are wood, some are metal. some you hold. some you throw. some you figure out how to throw better.
TrumpRapesChildren
Kinda like the MK19. Man I'd love to hit that guy with a grenade, but he's 1100m away by that wall. Pfwoomp.
HandoB4Javert
Bigblackdick69
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZmJrbTdmbnM5ZTZkMXNxNHk2M241Ymc4ZmRtNTB6MTN2ajZpOHVwMiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/wQk0woYwaQyuQ/200w.webp
williamXVIII
Bring him down, Legolas!
Jordan7831
I mean technically a bullet does stab you.
SteveTheEgg
Idk, I feel like it's more blunt force penetration. Like if you just drop an arrow or knife blade on your arm, it has the potential to pierce skin. A bullet won't do that, it needs substantial force behind it.
Badprenup
That's essentially the same thing, at least as a larger concept. The larger the surface area is at point of contact, the more force it needs to pierce. Really I would say "stab" and "shoot" just pertain to the method of piercing, so I wouldn't call hitting someone with an arrow from 200m "stabbing".
ps238principal
Obviously you've never tried a Raytheon Knife-Missile.
memoryshuffle
Those things slice, though. And with 3ft blades it should really be called a "sword bouquet" missile.
freezingpilot
Let me tell you about the AGM R9X Flying Ginsu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjQCnsmqYKI
MrStealYourGiF
Yeah I think Obama did the first 6000 mile stabbing, at least that was an option he okayed when it was presented by military advisers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDaDHSZQjUE
DukePhelan
Yep and that missile helped to lower the risk of collateral damage by an order of magnitudes. IIRC they killed a guy in his car on a busy street with no other casualties in the first well document use of the weapon.
NotAPervert
Cool, why isn’t that our only military aid to Israel (if any)
FlintNorth44
minipancho94
Nah, its just a fact. You think its bait because it was a member of "our team" and it makes you uncomfortable due to cognitive dissonance. Refusing to acknowledge and hold our leaders accountable leads us down the same road as these fascist fucks, just with the veneer of whatever freedoms are considered exploitable by the corporations that are buying our elections. Which is massively more preferable, but still a bad ending.
ErgodicAnomaly
Nah, he's correct. You don't remember the flying sword missile videos that went viral years back.
FlintNorth44
shoquastican
Been doing archery for a long time and have yet to shoot a bow much more than 100 yards, heaviest bow I have shot with was a 100lbs pull warbow
dontfloatmygoat
Acktually
andrewedf10
ok, glad you answered i was thinking what op comment posted. 200 yards is one hell of a shot.
ExTechOp
The world record for farthest archery hit is from 2015, when Matt Stutzman (paralympian born without arms, shoots using his legs and feet) hit a target at a distance of 283.4 meters (930 ft).
PS. He's also a drag racer.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Stutzman
drcurlyfat
There’s so much about this that impresses the hell outta me.
FrozenInCarbonite
Which is 310 yards for those curious.
ope1
Holy shit I would not have guessed a bow can shoot that far
Mairoa
I think 99% of bows with 99% of archers can't
OvertleyBadpickuplines
How many washing machines is that, do you have a banana for reference?
throwaway12345432
Well, we'll have to work backwards from potholes
OptimisticMisanthrope
Roughly 413.3 standard washing machines or 1,594 bananas.