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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] azertyfun 12 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

"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.

[-] escaped_cruzader@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

mostly unrestricted access

This only works to prevent mass shootings of opportunity, the planners just jump the necessary hoops

[-] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

No pretty sure most of them mean "ban guns". I've seen too many "no one wants to take your guns" posts that followed with a "but..."

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