Knife attack at city school

[demopublican]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,2966160.story

A visiting relative of a student refused to checkin at the office and became combative when stopped by school employees. During the confrontation she pulled out a knife and ultimately injured both herself and the unnamed employee.

What a dangerous nut.

[Jeebus]

A violent crazy Baltimore City woman with a knife is very dangerous to students at school.

We must have more knife-control laws.

[Woodbuchr]

Well I am sure she was already in a "No Knife Zone". Aren't all schools "No Knife Zones"? I agree with Demo that she is a dangerous nut and Jeebus may be right in calling for more knife control laws. After all it had to be the knife that was wrong, it couldn't have been the person holding it.

[segram99]

Damn knives, you can't trust em.

[Smokey 1]

Damn knives, you can't trust em.

There should be a ban on them.

[Bmoreteacher]

It drives me freaking crazy when people compare guns to knives. Without question, guns have the capability to kill many more people than knives do. I'm not a proponent of gun bans, but at least be intelligent enough to realize the difference between and intruder with a gun and an intruder with a knife.

[Diego]

Yes, knives can only kill a few people at a time (Unless you are in China, of course, but I digress) so there is no need to be concerned about them at all.

[Bmoreteacher]

Yes, knives can only kill a few people at a time (Unless you are in China, of course, but I digress) so there is no need to be concerned about them at all.

How often do you hear about mass knife attacks? Would someone with a knife be able to break through a school's lock? Like I said, I'm not a proponent of gun bans, but I think we need to have honest conversations about gun violence rather than pretending they're not dangerous weapons.

[BlandFood]

Metal knives should be outlawed, plastic and rubber only.

[Woodbuchr]

It drives me freaking crazy when people compare guns to knives. Without question, guns have the capability to kill many more people than knives do. I'm not a proponent of gun bans, but at least be intelligent enough to realize the difference between and intruder with a gun and an intruder with a knife.

Ys there's a difference. The knife intruder gets much more up close and personal when they kill. Either way the victim is just as dead.

I believe you to be intelligent enough to realize the point is to control the actions of the individual committing the act, not the tool they use which can be used for many legal responsible purposes outside of the crime.

I was driving down the road the other day and a group, at least 20-30, of very young school kids were walking down the sidewalk between the local elementary schools. God forbid it should happen but some sick individual could very easliy swerve into them and kill them all, teachers and escorts included.

Should something like that happen, and I do pray to God (yes I believe in God) it never does, would the same people calling for more gun control scream for new auto control laws? I seriously doubt it. They would say we need to keep sick people out from behind the wheel they wouldn't call for an outright ban on cars.

[yuca]

It drives me freaking crazy when people compare guns to knives. Without question, guns have the capability to kill many more people than knives do. I'm not a proponent of gun bans, but at least be intelligent enough to realize the difference between and intruder with a gun and an intruder with a knife.

But if the life of just one child can be saved, isn't a knife ban worth it?

Let me guess... This is an exception. The life of one or two children doesn't mean anything. It's only when you get into the teens when children's lives start meaning something. Right?

[Candy Pickletoes]

A violent crazy Baltimore City woman with a knife is very dangerous to students at school.

We must have more knife-control laws.

Come on now...knife control laws would do nothing to stop a criminal wanting to cause harm...

True story...

I worked at the Hair Cuttery in Laurel Mall for a few years. One afternoon a woman came in and requested the stylist take off about 1/4" off all the way around. The stylist did just that. The customer paid, made no complaint, walked out the door (if you were ever at the Laurel Mall when the Hair Cuttery was there it was top level parking lot, inside the main doors on the right) and all seemed well. About 15 minutes later, I'm standing at the front desk and the same woman comes storming in, walks directly to the stylist's station, picks up her shears and holds them above her head in a stabbing motion. My quick-thinking manager literally leaped over the front desk and was able to grab the woman's arm on the down swing, getting sliced across the palm, and preventing the stylist from being stabbed in the head. Of course, I was on the phone to the police immediately, manager was bleeding profusely from the hand, crazy woman was subdued until police arrived.

Fast forward to court....we actually swept up the hair, measured it (1/4" exactly), and put it in a plastic bag we brought with us. The woman was found guilty and sentenced to......

wait for it......

300 hours community service. I couldn't believe it. Had my manager not made it over to the station in time, that stylist would have had shears sticking out of her head.

The true ban should be on hair cutting shears. Do you know how dangerous those can be? Trust me, I have enough "V" scars between my left pointer and middle fingers to know!

An aside...

One time, I was cutting the hair of a total brat who wouldn't sit still (he was old enough to know better)...kept moving around, moving around, I snipped my knuckle (and man, that really hurts) and that little turd said "You should be more careful". I had to walk away...good thing I had my bleeding hand to blame it on, otherwise I may have told the inattentive mom just what I thought about her precious little angel!

[TheResearcher]

Maybe the school employee disrespected the visitor.

[Jeebus]

I worked at the Hair Cuttery in Laurel Mall for a few years. One afternoon a woman came in and requested the stylist take off about 1/4" off all the way around. The stylist did just that. The customer paid, made no complaint, walked out the door (if you were ever at the Laurel Mall when the Hair Cuttery was there it was top level parking lot, inside the main doors on the right) and all seemed well. About 15 minutes later, I'm standing at the front desk and the same woman comes storming in, walks directly to the stylist's station, picks up her shears and holds them above her head in a stabbing motion. My quick-thinking manager literally leaped over the front desk and was able to grab the woman's arm on the down swing, getting sliced across the palm, and preventing the stylist from being stabbed in the head. Of course, I was on the phone to the police immediately, manager was bleeding profusely from the hand, crazy woman was subdued until police arrived.

All of that could have been avoided if shopping mall-based hair salons were banned.

[Candy Pickletoes]

all of that could have been avoided if shopping mall-based hair salons were banned.

[ybnormal]

Some people are so damned stupid, they just don't get it. We don't need gun control; we VIOLENCE CONTROL. Sending this biotch away for 30 years would be a good start.

[rgh]

How often do you hear about mass knife attacks? Would someone with a knife be able to break through a school's lock? Like I said, I'm not a proponent of gun bans, but I think we need to have honest conversations about gun violence rather than pretending they're not dangerous weapons.

One way to stop mass gun attacks is to allow responsible law abiding citizens to carry weapons. That way when a nut job tries to shoot everyone in a public place one of the law abiding citizens carrying their own gun can return fire and end the disaster before 26 people die.

[Bmoreteacher]

But if the life of just one child can be saved, isn't a knife ban worth it?

Let me guess... This is an exception. The life of one or two children doesn't mean anything. It's only when you get into the teens when children's lives start meaning something. Right?

What a stupid freaking comment!

[Bmoreteacher]

Ys there's a difference. The knife intruder gets much more up close and personal when they kill. Either way the victim is just as dead.

I believe you to be intelligent enough to realize the point is to control the actions of the individual committing the act, not the tool they use which can be used for many legal responsible purposes outside of the crime.

I was driving down the road the other day and a group, at least 20-30, of very young school kids were walking down the sidewalk between the local elementary schools. God forbid it should happen but some sick individual could very easliy swerve into them and kill them all, teachers and escorts included.

Should something like that happen, and I do pray to God (yes I believe in God) it never does, would the same people calling for more gun control scream for new auto control laws? I seriously doubt it. They would say we need to keep sick people out from behind the wheel they wouldn't call for an outright ban on cars.

Someone with a knife doesn't have the capability to kill people as quickly as someone with a gun, thus giving people in a knife attack a better chance at escaping. Again, I'm not saying that we need to have a gun ban, I'm just wishing people would be honest about a gun's potential for much greater damage.

[Bmoreteacher]

One way to stop mass gun attacks is to allow responsible law abiding citizens to carry weapons. That way when a nut job tries to shoot everyone in a public place one of the law abiding citizens carrying their own gun can return fire and end the disaster before 26 people die.

Possibly, but I really don't like the idea of carrying guns around children. At least in Baltimore, kids freak out on you all the time. If one of them ever was able to pull a teacher's gun away, things could get bad very quickly.

In terms of the general public, yes, I agree. I think any store owner would be wise to keep a gun in a drawer and put a sign alerting the public to it