Mass stabbing in central London leaves woman dead and six injured

[Feuer Frei!]

I'm fully aware of what close-quarter fighting involves.

First, you have to identify the target.

Then get close enough.


Good luck on both of those, before the bomb is detonated with you being turned into pink mist.

Unless of course the terrorist is a child, with explosives strapped to their body for easy identification.

But then there still remains the getting in close issue.

[Betonov]

Is this a stabbing thread or a bombing thread ???

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Is this a stabbing thread or a bombing thread ???

Yes.

I think we need knife and bomb control. Guns are so yesterday.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yes.

I think we need knife and bomb control. Guns are so yesterday.

Actually we need a chilli pepper control, that's what I started with

[AVGWarhawk]

Popcorn control.

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[Oberon]

We need to set controls on controlling.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Oberon

We need to set controls on controlling.

Even if it was a joke, it's true

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Even if it was a joke, it's true

Aye, though I do get where FF is coming from, basically if we were in a situation where a guy was running amok with a knife, the best and most likely solution that the average person would take would be to run and let the people who are trained to deal with that situation take control of it and deal with it.

[Gerald]

Note: Update.Thu Aug 4, 2016 7:27am EDT

Norway police said on Thursday they have been told a 19-year old Norwegian national is suspected of homicide following a knife attack in central London.

A woman from the United States was killed by a man with suspected mental health issues who went on the rampage with a knife in London, police said on Thursday, adding there was no evidence to suggest the attack was terrorism-related.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu...ame=worldNews#

[Wolferz]

Sooo,
Who's the wise guy that cloned Jack the Ripper?

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Is this a stabbing thread or a bombing thread ???

You are talking about close-quarter combat with terrorists, no?

If you have already forgotten that you 'advised' me earlier in this thread what close quarter combat involves, mentioning "a knife attack is close quarter", then why are you asking if this is a stabbing thread when i asked how you would engage a terrorist in close quarter combat?

I use the word terrorist as you mentioned a terrorist (terrorist attack) as one of your examples earlier, along with muggers.

So, the onus is on you to inform me how you would 'engage' a terrorist, not a mugger, in close-quarter combat.

The pictures i posted serve a purpose.

And just to get the ball rolling for you, let's just assume that terrorists are not just armed with a knife.

Firstly, that would be too easy and secondly, incredibly unrealistic and lacking in any credibility.

[em2nought]

So I was slicing a habanero the other day and had to pee. BIG MISTAKE!

I think Britain should either bring back the longbow or the SMLE now that you're not ruled by the EU.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by Vendor

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ad-and-injured

Good work by the police, condolences for the victims, but...

Again we have this overuse of the word "terrorism". Terrorism is the use of terror to achieve a political end, and there seems no reason to even suspect him of that.

What this guy did (in addition to murder and injury, of course) is what the Russians would have called "hooliganism" (gross disrespect for public order) rather than "terrorism".

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

Good work by the police, condolences for the victims, but...

Again we have this overuse of the word "terrorism". Terrorism is the use of terror to achieve a political end, and there seems no reason to even suspect him of that.

What this guy did (in addition to murder and injury, of course) is what the Russians would have called "hooliganism" (gross disrespect for public order) rather than "terrorism".

Again we have this overuse of the word "terrorism".

Quite right terrorism in principle in many contexts has become a word used very often, and in some cases completely wrong.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

You are talking about close-quarter combat with terrorists, no?
.

I was talking about an attacker, which can mean a terrorist but also a mental case, drunken hooligan or a very angry spouse.
Who can wield a knife, fist or a frying pan.

I never said that chilli peppers would be a good terror deterent or defence against an AK or bomb vest.

I was also half joking since chilli peppers have a tendency to go bad after a few warm days and you're defenceles outside harvesting season.
But I know how it feels just to scratch yourself on the face after cutting some macedonian fringe peppers and showing one into someones face would completel blind him for an hour.

So now tell me, are you going to understand that I meant any attacker including drunks in a bar and not just terrorists or not, because I will not explain myself again for the third time.