Monday, September 20, 2004

File under "What did you expect?"

Another rollicking gun control success story, this time from the freedom loving bastion of liberty, Communist China.

BEIJING (AP) A man slashed 25 children with a kitchen knife Monday at a grade school in eastern China and held a 9-year-old girl hostage for an hour before police captured him, the government said.

It was the third time in six weeks that a knife attack has been reported at a Chinese school or day care center. The earlier attacks left one child dead, injured a total of 42 people and caused widespread concern about school safety.

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Most gun ownership in China is illegal but explosives, knives and other weapons are readily available.

Nothing more to say here, folks - move along.