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No one is marching for the ban on knives yet knives kill more people per year than rifles. 2016, Rifles 374, Knives 1604.

Governor Tom Corbett stated "I am stunned by the senseless tragedy at Franklin Regional High School. Our schools should be places where children can learn and grow without fear of violence"

That doesn't seem like a real-world view of learning and growing. Acknowledgment of risk doesn't mean we have to live in fear. Fear, the hair standing up on the back of our neck is an instinct we have honed over thousands of years. Fear helps us survive. We are creating a false sense of security. Telling kids that schools should always be safe and banning fi****ms will create that safety is a false narrative. Telling kids that they shouldn't fear anything at school is a line of s**t. Kids these days destroy each other on social media, within their own peer groups, physical bullying, cyberbullying, violent crime, these are everyday occurrences in our schools yet they don't make headlines. Kids in schools young adults in college, people, in general, are far too sheltered. Unless something has happened to them personally they feel the risk of harm, violence or criminal activity is non-existent. They say things like, "I don't go to that side of town", "I wouldn't put myself in that situation", "I have nothing of value anyone would want from me". These are example statements of future victims.

Franklin Regional High School stabbing - Wikipedia The Franklin Regional High School stabbing was a mass stabbing that occurred on April 9, 2014, at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Alex Hribal, a 16-year-old sophomore at the school, used a pair of eight-inch kitchen knives to stab and slash 20 students and a security guar...