Knife attack in Sydney

[Wokko]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7351231/Man-machete-runs-riot-Sydneys-CBD-police-lock-streets-Wynyard-Station.html?fbclid=IwAR1IKc2H8IzHVAvXmZvEepllmx6yk-nUHLVtHriMLhvSNAmNdRZ09sKyqmE

[Morrigu]

wrong thread

[stui magpie]

7 news has a crew stuck in traffic, they got live vision of it happening.

Apparently a mentally ill man killed one woman in a hotel, then ran out into the street, stabbed another woman then went full nutjob, jumping up on the roof of a car waving the bloodied knife around.


A passer by grabbed a chair from a cafe and went at him, he jumped down and started running with people armed with chairs and a milk crate chasing him, along with a couple of fireman carrying axes and jemmy bars.

It ended with him being crash tackled to the ground and held there with chairs, the milk crate on his head and people standing on his wrists until Police finally arrived.

I was checking social media waiting for the train home and saw memes comparing US guns and Aus Milk crates, thought WTF? and checked the Herald Sun.

Seriously gutsy work by all involved. I wasn't overly happy with a couple of them who took an opportunity to stick in a boot once he was on the ground, but If I'd just witnessed some bastard slashing a strange woman with a knife I may have done something similar.

Before running, he was yelling something that sounded like Allah Akbar. No indication at the moment that he is Islamic, more likely just mentally ill trying to goad a cop into shooting him but none were to be seen.

There's also no indication he's a white supremacist/

https://7news.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/sydney-cbd-stabbing-hero-bystanders-who-tackled-offender-speak-of-their-bravery-c-397598

[Woods Of Ypres]

well done to the lads involved and got no problem with them putting the slipper in

[stui magpie]

In the US they reckon it takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun.

In AUS, to stop a bad guy with a knife, we use a milk crate, chairs or a shopping trolley.

[think positive]

[Pies4shaw]

What this probably serves to illustrate is that proper gun laws in Australia mean that even when someone heads out into a public place determined to kill, they can't usually do too much damage because they don't generally have access to serious firepower. It is certainly a tragedy that one person was killed and another badly injured but an over-the-counter serious firearm would likely have made this a much more terrible incident.

[stui magpie]

Even basic gun laws that prevent mentally ill people buying guns would've stopped this bloke, even under NZ previous laws he should've been unable to get a licence.

Interesting that there's 1 common thread linking this guy to the El Paso, Ohio and Christchurch killers.

People they went to school with and other acquaintances described them as loners, misfits and socially awkward.

[David]

[Wokko]

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/06/politics/obama-trump-mental-illness-gun-rule-fact-check/index.html

CNN of all places puts that "Easier for mentally ill to get firearms" crap in its place.

He removed a law that took away rights from people who required assistance with their finances. As the ACLU said: "A disability should not constitute grounds for the automatic per se denial of any right or privilege, including gun ownership,"

[stui magpie]

^

The US gun laws are a joke, I'm not sure if it's possible to relax them without just giving every 10 year old an M16 on their birthday.

[Wokko]

[stui magpie]

Chicago is an interesting example. They tightened their laws to try to stop gun violence but all people have to do is drive to the nearest next state, buy guns and drive home with no problems.

You can legally buy in NSW many of what are considered prohibited weapons in Vic, so one state acting in isolation doesn't prevent access.

[Wokko]

If that's the case then how come the 'next State' doesn't have that level of gun crime?

[stui magpie]