If he had just not taken the knife to the track meet. If he had not entered the tent when he shouldn’t have been there. If he had only walked out when told to. I wonder if he thinks of those things. Was it worth being the bad-ass tough guy? Was being “disrespected” so offensive that he threw his life away?
The problem isn't then knife, ladies and gentlemen. The problem is the knife carrier.
Knives don't cause people to become violent, any more than guns, or bows, or swords, or spears, or slings do.
Good people carry weapons for defense of self and others.
Bad people carry weapons to intimidate or kill the innocent.
Banning weapons only disarms the good people; bad people don't care about the law.
Karmello Anthony is a bad person. He went to the opposing team's tent with malice aforethought, intending to cause trouble. He got plenty of trouble. Now he's a convicted murderer. He threw his life away long before he pulled the knife ... threw it away even before he left home for the track meet.
The problem wasn't in Karmello Anthony's backpack. The problem was between Karmello Anthony's ears.
RIP Austin Metcalf; his is the name we should remember ... along with Iryna Zarutska and everyone else who has died because feral punks like karme ... no. I won't type his name again. May he rot in prison, forgotten, until he croaks.