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malaise

(269,164 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 02:18 PM Nov 2015

Five students stabbed at UC Merced - perpetrator shot and killed by police

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/five-wounded-attacker-dead-after-stabbing-spree-uc-merced-officials-n457276
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A suspect at the University of California, Merced, was fatally shot by police early Wednesday after wounding at least five students in a campus stabbing spree, university officials said.

Officials said incident occurred at about 8 a.m. local time in the school's Classroom and Office Building, according to NBC affiliate KCRA.

Two of the victims were airlifted to the hospital, while three others were treated at the school. All were conscious, the school tweeted.

Update: Campus police report suspect shot & killed. 5 students have been treated for stab wounds. Campus remains closed. Classes canceled.
— UC Merced (@ucmerced) November 4, 2015

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Looks like knives kill less than guns
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Five students stabbed at UC Merced - perpetrator shot and killed by police (Original Post) malaise Nov 2015 OP
ABSOLUTE PROOF that GUN CONTROL WORKS!! Texas Blues Nov 2015 #1
Precisely malaise Nov 2015 #2
 

Texas Blues

(55 posts)
1. ABSOLUTE PROOF that GUN CONTROL WORKS!!
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:00 PM
Nov 2015

This is the BIG story here. Had the shooter had access to a gun, five students would be killed instead of being able to recover and rejoin their families.

Had there been gun control like this in Sandy Hook or Charleston, more people would have survived knife attacks than shot by guns.

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