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Man used hunting knife in brutal slaying at Massachusetts library, authorities say
Fox News ^ | Feb. 25, 2018 | Elizabeth Zwirz

Posted on 02/25/2018 9:03:08 AM PST by Leaning Right

A man armed with a hunting knife stabbed a woman to death Saturday inside a public library in Massachusetts, authorities said.

When police arrived, they found that an elderly man also had been stabbed, Boston's Fox 25 reported.

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During the attack, the young woman suffered injuries to her head and upper torso, Ryan said. As she struggled toward the door, onlookers reportedly tried to help her escape.

A 77-year-old man who tried to help the woman was also injured in the attack, suffering a non-life-threatening stab wound to an arm, Ryan said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: knife; stryker; yao
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No amount of laws would have stopped this terrible attack. But one CCW holder surely would have.
1 posted on 02/25/2018 9:03:08 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

A “Dreamer”?


2 posted on 02/25/2018 9:05:13 AM PST by apocalypto
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We need common sense knife control laws now /sarc

I know that was in bad taste, but every time there is a gun attack on white people (not the black people of Chicago), we hear these cries for gun confiscation and I wanted to throw the lib/commie arguments back at them.

3 posted on 02/25/2018 9:10:26 AM PST by Stepan12 (It is Civll War right now..)
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From the article: Neighbors of suspect Jeffrey Yao say they saw warning signs of bad behavior in the past & reported him to police for vandalism.

Thank goodness nobody violated his rights. Why does that commercial about the security monitor in the bank keep running through my mind when stories like this come up?

4 posted on 02/25/2018 9:12:00 AM PST by Bernard (The only Fair Tax is the Tax that Taxes You and not Me)
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To: Leaning Right

Ban knives and libraries.


5 posted on 02/25/2018 9:12:57 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Leaning Right

The police knew this because it had “hunting” stamped right on the side of the blade.


6 posted on 02/25/2018 9:14:12 AM PST by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: Leaning Right

Boy, good thing he didn’t have a gun! Whew!


7 posted on 02/25/2018 9:14:35 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (If the illegal immigration issue were Social Security, it'd be privatized by now.)
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To: Leaning Right

Time for Knife Control!

Calling David Hogg, Calling David Hogg, Calling David Hogg...

We must end knife violence now!!!


8 posted on 02/25/2018 9:14:57 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Forever))
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To: Stepan12

You can be sure that some politician in Massachusetts will now call for strict knife controls. The UK already has such laws. They don’t work, of course.


9 posted on 02/25/2018 9:15:24 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: apocalypto

If all libraries were restricted to 18-year-olds and younger, this death wouldn’t have occured.


10 posted on 02/25/2018 9:15:46 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Leaning Right

“Hunting Knife” is a pointless and ambiguous description, but I’m sure it tests well on the “scary as f$%^” range.

Reporters are just evil propagandists.


11 posted on 02/25/2018 9:15:52 AM PST by Noamie
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To: Leaning Right

Jeffrey Yao

12 posted on 02/25/2018 9:17:16 AM PST by deport
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I use my knife to cut vegetables. I AM A MURDERER!


13 posted on 02/25/2018 9:17:44 AM PST by Stepan12 (It is Civll War right now..)
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To: Leaning Right

Now we need a knife registry?


14 posted on 02/25/2018 9:20:45 AM PST by DownInFlames
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To: Leaning Right

Anyone remember the guy on the DC Metro that attacked someone who gave him a “look” with a knife? Never heard what happened to the Murderer.

People just cowered in fear hoping he wouldn’t attack them.

There were 16 People (if I remember correctly) in the Train Car who just watched the guy Murder somebody.

Reminds me of the Eloi from The Time Machine.


15 posted on 02/25/2018 9:21:16 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( An Armed Society is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
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Of course the nut used a knife. That library is a “Gun Free” Zone.


16 posted on 02/25/2018 9:22:31 AM PST by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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> That library is a “Gun Free” Zone. <

Jeffrey Yao decided to murder some poor soul in front of quite a few people. Massachusetts law guaranteed that he would be successful.


17 posted on 02/25/2018 9:29:09 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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From the Article:

“A 77-year-old man who tried to help the woman was also injured in the attack, suffering a non-life-threatening stab wound to an arm, Ryan said.”

And so, an unarmed Senior Citizen in a Library in MA has more guts than an armed sheriff in Broward?


18 posted on 02/25/2018 9:30:24 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Leaning Right

Was it a powerful automatic assault knife with an extended clip?


19 posted on 02/25/2018 9:32:54 AM PST by IronJack (A)
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Need to ban hunting knives - stamp thm all with “Assault Weapon” and go door to door to confiscate them. And do the same with cars while they’re at it - cars kill far more than “Assault Guns” and Assault Knives” do yet they never try to outlaw them - what’s up wit dat???


20 posted on 02/25/2018 9:33:31 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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