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4 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage in Illinois residential area, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
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Four people were found dead and seven others were injured in a stabbing rampage across multiple areas in Rockford, Illinois, on Wednesday afternoon, police say, and a suspect is in custody.

A 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, a 49-year-old man, and a 22-year-old man were killed in the incident and five others who were injured were transported to local hospitals with “serious injuries,” the Rockford Police Department said in a news release Wednesday evening.

Five people were injured in the city of Rockford and two people were injured in the jurisdiction of Winnebago County, Rockford police spokesperson Michelle Marcomb told CNN.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This guy survived 35 stab wounds. I've never heard of someone surviving 35 gunshot wounds.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-miracle-man-survives-30-bullet-wounds

    Just saying, the human body is tough as long as certain things aren't damaged and medical science WILL keep you alive from trauma if you can get to a hospital quick enough.

    The danger of guns isn't that bullets are more "damaging" then blades.

    It's that they can penetrate the skull and sternum easier and they can do it from a distance. Knives have their own advantages but they're just not comparable in that regard.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are rappers who have been shot hundreds of times

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can shoot you 35 times in the foot and you’ll live.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Except by 35 shots, there would only be a stump and I would bleed out and die.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Guns are more dangerous almost entirely because of range, in this scenario. If you get stabbed 35 times in the foot you will also be left with a stump and will bleed out.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, maybe using a small caliber with no expansion, but anything above like .32 acp is going to make a way bigger exit hole than entry hole. Getting stabbed is objectively way better for you.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    This is a silly but entertaining conversation, so I will continue the circlejerk.

    You must be thinking of a small knife, as well. Most knives, especially the ones typically best for stabbing, are large. A butcher knife is as wide as most peoples foot. A hunting knife, or a typical boot knife, is maybe have as wide. Someone's foot could be sliced off in like three or four stabs, at most.

    I agree that getting shot once is going to be worse than getting stabbed once, most of the time, but we were talking about 35 times. I think we could just agree that your foot would be completely fucked and stumpy either way.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    You can't stab with a butcher knife. It's for chopping. And if you tried to chop someone 32 times in the foot, I think they could probably pretty easily move their foot away each time since that's a much slower motion.

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