A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.
New South Wales police said they believed a 40-year-old man was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach. They said they were not able to name him until a formal identification had taken place but that they weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.
The man was shot dead by a police inspector after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.
It fucking sucks but thank fucking God they didn’t have an automatic weapon.
I’m sorry that the two other people who replied to you are fucking dumb dumbs.
There’s a large American population on lemmy, I know it’s a common view but thankfully it’s the minority one.
No it’s not, the majority of Americans are ok owning firearms. The view that we shouldn’t be able to own firearms is a minority one and is more so prevalent on the Internet in echo chambers that lean left.
Also, we made a comment because automatic weapons are basically non-existent here in the USA, which is something the anti-gun crowd continually is ignorant on.
The anti-gun crowd is also ignorant of the practicalities of automatic vs semiautomatic. What they mean is “civilians shouldn’t have mostly unrestricted access to firearms, especially ones with no use for hunting” and getting hung up on technical minutia misses the point entirely.
“Unrestricted” is quite a leap, I have to pass background checks, and depending on state, there is a waiting period before I can take the firearm home. Concealed carry also requires classes with certificates and gun range proof with instructors, and FBI fingerprint check and storage in their database forever.
There is a clear majority of Americans that don’t believe automatic weapons should be legal - generally America is pro hunting rifle (with the common impression those are akin to old bolt action or breech loading rifles in fire rate). The semi and fully automatic weapons poll unfavorably - especially handguns.
We don’t have access to automatic weapons, they’re effectively banned via price here. And no, the majority of Americans own firearms for self defense. Stop making up crap.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/
About three-quarters (72%) of gun owners say that protection is a major reason they own a gun.
That says three quarters of gun owners claim self defense as the reason, it doesn’t say three quarter of Americans own guns for self defense.
Where did I say that 3/4s own guns? You stated the majority own firearms for hunting, which is completely false.
Jesus Christ Imagine if he had a milk crate
Why? Less people would have probably died. Automatics are stupid hard to shoot accurately. The military uses them for suppression even. They’re not designed to be accurate just to keep the enemy down.
Automatics are stupid hard to shoot accurately. The military uses them for suppression even.
Why are they effective at suppression? Is it because if you don’t stay down you get shot?
Tell me your only exposure to automatic weapons is Call of Duty without telling me.
Lol ok sure. I own an automatic, it was stupid expensive and is wildly inaccurate. It’s a collection piece and barely gets used because of how silly it is
Tell me again how little I know…you being antigun telling me that I don’t know about firearms is hilarious.
I’m a combat veteran. I’ve used semi/burst/and full weapons in combat.
You’re full of shit.
Sure ya did desk jockey.
Even just using that phrase tells me you were not a grunt.
Never said I was. We really need a /r/justbootthings here on Lemmy. Your military experience doesn’t magically make you an expert. Usually it’s the opposite.
Your inability to use an automatic weapon accurately has no bearing on how many casualties a competent person could inflict with one you muppet.
Yes because we all know that mentally ill people who intend on killing people usually get a gun and train with it. Almost all shootings happen directly after getting the firearm.
The nutter who shot up that LA concert spent a lot of time training, and spent years buying his firearms and ammo.
Australian’s have zero interest in going down the route that America has with school shootings. The stabbing is a tragedy that could have been much worse.
And unlike in the US UNARMED civilians were able to intervene and slow the attacker down.
Fuck you brainwashed cretins who would rather have children dying than give up your precious penis extensions.
Cool, we like our guns, stay over there or w/e you are and let your nanny state tell you that you cannot own paintball or airsoft or gelsoft guns cause they’re dangerous lol
You’re not sane and I hope you don’t have access to firearms.
O no another euro telling me I don’t know what I’m talking about lol
Oh boy, I might make my first NCD Post out of this Aneurysm of a Post 😂
Go for it, you do know what NCD is right? Most people there are progun… it’s literally pro-military.
The fact that people like you are allowed to own automatic guns is the best argument against that being allowed.
The ncd on Lemmy is hilarious, it’s filled with a bunch of eurocucks who whine about firearms ownership.
Go for it, you do know what NCD is right? Most people there are progun… it’s literally pro-military.
Brainworms. Fuck your freedum bullshit, we don’t want or need your sick gun culture in Australia.
Better to have knife culture :P
Of course - any sane person would see that.
Cool the UK said the same thing, and now they have bans on knives in public. Just as Australia has bans on paintball guns and airsoft. The Overton window keeps getting pushed to one extreme or the other.
Like flies on shit, you cunts turn up after every tragedy around the world, trying to convince us to have MORE death in society. You sicken me.
You do know more guns are in civilian hands in Australia now than before the 96 forced confiscation.
Automatic weapons are used in “spray and pray” situations with large crowds.
The Las Vegas shooter modified his weapons for automatic fire resulting in 60 deaths, 413 wounded, and a total of 867 injuries due to the panic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting
It stands as the deadliest mass shooting in US history. So, yeah, in a crowded situation, automatic weapons are far, far, worse.
60 deaths with 413 wounded and 867 injured due to panic. Look at the dead vs wounded. The crowd was huge and even a semi automatic would have done just as much damage if not more.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/33-dead-130-injured-china-knife-wielding-spree-n41966
From the 32nd floor of a hotel.
Yes bullets don’t stop after 20 feet… what’s your point? The spray into a crowd that size and that packed together, it’s surprising more weren’t killed.
The point is, when your target is a crowd of people, automatic fire is not as ineffective as you make it out to be.
Like at a music festival… or in a mall.
It’s ineffective at killing people, literally the numbers prove this.
This might be the dumbest opinion I’ve ever read on here
Why because you don’t understand how automatic firearms work?
They aren’t the ones that don’t understand.
No they don’t and neither do you kid.
There needed to be more good guys with a knife.
Well thankfully he didn’t have easy access to a gun
That’s all I think about whenever I hear about a sick fucko intent on killing.
With a gun, the numbers would be significantly higher.
