Say....weren't those really strict "gun" laws supposed to stop this kinda thing???? Well, I have heard places where they want to ban sharp pointed kitchen knives, too. Then axes, shovels, sling blades? Lawn mower blades? We really can't be allowed around any sharp objects.......
It's interesting you bring that up because I was thinking that if he had used a gun it may have made the Prosecutor's case easier. They so often paint people who use guns for anything as evil right out of the batter's box. Everyone uses kitchen knives so they are not quite as evil as the infamously deadly gun.