Knife attack at Pennsylvania high school - up to 20 people stabbed
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26959628[/url]
[quote]As many as 20 people have been stabbed at a high school in the US state of Pennsylvania, authorities say.
One suspect believed to be a student is in custody at Franklin Regional High School, a local affiliate of ABC News reports.
The wounded are said to range in age from 14-17 and many have been taken to area hospitals.
The school, located near Pittsburgh, was locked down as law enforcement searched the premises.[/quote]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/09/us-usa-pennsylvania-stabbing-idUSBREA380XQ20140409?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews[/url]
[quote]At least six people were stabbed in an attack at a Pennsylvania high school on Wednesday morning, according to local media reports.
The stabbings occurred at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's WTAE and other local news channels reported, citing the emergency management office in Westmoreland County.
The school district posted an emergency message on its website on Wednesday.
"A critical incident has occurred at the high school," the message said. "All elementary schools are canceled, the middle school and high school students are secure."[/quote]
Here come the anti-knifers...
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Holy shit, how do you even manage to stab so many people?
Kinda related to the story but if you get stabbed or shot in one of these school attack things in America do you still have to pay the medical bills?
This is some really fucked up shit.
So he just picked random students in hallway and start stabbing they one by one?
[QUOTE=Complifused;44497437]Kinda related to the story but if you get stabbed or shot in one of these school attack things in America do you still have to pay the medical bills?[/QUOTE]
The school would have insurance otherwise the families would sue the school for lax security and use that to pay the medical bills
[QUOTE=Complifused;44497437]Kinda related to the story but if you get stabbed or shot in one of these school attack things in America do you still have to pay the medical bills?[/QUOTE]
If you don't have insurance then yes but Obamacare says if you don't buy insurance then you have to pay a fine (unless you're too poor to pay).
[QUOTE=Explosions;44497506]If you don't have insurance then yes but Obamacare says if you don't buy insurance then you have to pay a fine (unless you're too poor to pay).[/QUOTE]
even if you're well-off enough to self-pay hospital visits, most doctors won't even accept you for an appointment if you don't have insurance
[QUOTE=Complifused;44497437]Kinda related to the story but if you get stabbed or shot in one of these school attack things in America do you still have to pay the medical bills?[/QUOTE]
Unless you absolutely can't afford it, I believe so, yes.
Also this is the reason I keep telling people gun control won't work. Wicked people will do wicked things, with or without your legislation.
[QUOTE=download;44497486]The school would have insurance otherwise the families would sue the school for lax security and use that to pay the medical bills[/QUOTE]
Get caught in a mass shooting, can't afford medical bills, sue the school so they can pay. That's like the most 'murican scenario I've ever heard.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;44497585]Actually sitting at home, bleeding to death because you can't afford the healthcare would be the most American scenario[/QUOTE]
Nah, it's not 'murrican without someone having their balls sued off from beneath them.
This is local. Scary.
Fucked up how no one knew what was going on while he was running around stabbing.
Man I'm sick of reading news. I like being informed but it's like destroying me to read the majority of the shit I do.
My ex-girlfriend goes to this school. Saw some stuff about it on FB but didn't realize it was a stabbing (or this bad) until I checked the news.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;44497524]Unless you absolutely can't afford it, I believe so, yes.
Also this is the reason I keep telling people gun control won't work. Wicked people will do wicked things, with or without your legislation.[/QUOTE]
the thing that differentiates this from the vast majority of school shootings is the fact that nobody is dead
so I would not look at this event as some sort of argument against gun control at all
plus, using this event to legitimize 'I told you so!!!' is a pretty shit thing to do, 20 people got stabbed.
Can't wait until the news start talking about "assault knives with high capacity clips"
[quote]None of the knife injuries, said to be slashes, were believed to be life-threatening, Mr Stevens added.[/quote]
well thank fuck for that
I can't wait to see how they sweep this one under the rug. It's always someone who fell through the cracks. Someone has to be really disturbed when they don't even have select targets and just run down the halls attacking anyone he/she sees.
[QUOTE=booster;44497947]Can't wait until the news start talking about "assault knives with high capacity clips"[/QUOTE]
the real argument will be 'what exactly falls into the category of an assault knife?'
Are butter knives assault knives? Can they be used to harm? Studies say yes.
BAN ALL KNIVES.
I find it interesting that mass stabbings and the use of knifes are appearing more often. In Scotland they have had a massive anti-knife campaign going on for a good 10 years.
Nobody died though.
How about that.
[QUOTE=darunner;44497423]Here come the anti-knifers...[/QUOTE]
i think we should be encouraging more spree-ers to opt for knifes over guns tbh
0 dead.
You might even go as far as suggest that I'm totally pro-knife when it comes to these kind of things.
Yes, at least nobody died. I guess I'm not sure why someone would go around stabbing everyone. What does that do for you? What does that accomplish? All it really does is throw your life away. This little prick gets to fill out the part of job applications where is asks if you've ever been convicted of a crime.
Was it worth it?
if the teachers had knives this wouldn't have happened
[QUOTE=Lukeo;44498042]if the teachers had knives this wouldn't have happened[/QUOTE]
the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a knife is a good guy with a knife
[QUOTE=NoDachi;44498071]the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a knife is a good guy with a knife[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;01NHcTM5IA4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NHcTM5IA4[/video]
Ban Assault Knives?
Crazy, this is literally 10 mins from my house. Would not be surprised if he was being bullied and lost it. Who knows anymore.
Greensburg Salem Alumni if anyone else local is around these forums :D
[QUOTE=The Haski;44498104]Ban Assault Knives?[/QUOTE]
Eh. You joke. There are diving knives that incorporate a compressed air cartridge that will blow a hole the size of a volley ball in whatever you stab.
Can we just not do this please.
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