Taunton is a working class kind of town in the struggling southeastern part of Massachusetts near Rhode Island. Lots of ethnic Portuguese and I’m guessing by the name that this guy was as well. I only mention it because when something looks terror related I always look for a hint of the persons ethnicity … it’s only fair that I note that this is mine. It’s awful and I pray for the victims families. I also thing this jackass got what he deserved.
Compounding the tragedy is the fact that gun nuts (being non-PC) will point to this as an example of non-gun related rampage killings. This is Mass so guns are tougher to get. If this savage had had a gun this would have been much much worse.
Sometimes I think your chances of getting killed are greater here than if sipping tea at an outdoor cafe in downtown Mogadishu.
Shooting rampage, Sandy Hook: Death toll 26.
Stabbing rampage, Taunton: Death toll 2.
I’m not sure why folks are still unclear as to why we don’t need to regulate knives, hammers, and swimming pools in the same way we need to regulate firearms.
I don’t want to ban all knives, but we should do something about assault knives.