So it really is true....

[ShipDate]

Copied parts of this from foxnews.com today. It just proves that guns don't kill people, knives do...

NEW YORK -- A graffiti artist armed with five knives went on a bloody 28-hour rampage across New York City, fatally stabbing his stepfather, ex-girlfriend and her mother, running down a pedestrian with a stolen Lexus and knifing a subway passenger before being arrested in Times Square, police said.

The stabbing spree started just after 5 a.m. Friday, when police say Gelman fatally knifed his stepfather, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, at their apartment in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay neighborhood. Gelman had gotten into a fight with his mother after she refused to allow him to use her Lexus, and Kuznetsov intervened and was attacked, Kelly said.

Police found the 54-year-old man's body at his home in the predominantly Eastern European immigrant neighborhood. The Ukrainian-born Gelman and his mother became naturalized U.S. citizens in 2004 or 2005, Kelly said.

At about 10:30 a.m., several blocks away, Gelman entered the home of his ex-girlfriend and used a kitchen knife to fatally stab her mother, 56-year-old Anna Bulchenko, Kelly said. When 20-year-old Yelena Bulchenko arrived home at about 4 p.m., she found her mother dead in a pool of blood and called 911, police said.

Gelman apparently was still in the house, chasing Bulchenko as she fled outside and stabbing her 11 times as she died, Kelly said.

I don't mean to take away from the seriousness of this, but it just burns me that things like this happen and it's the man, but people get shot and it's the gun.

[DeusExMachina]

Good thing no one in NY can defend themselves with a gun! Otherwise this rampage could have ended before it began, preventing much needed legislation and funding to law enforcement.

[ChunkyMonkey]

This is an outrage! We must ILLEGALIZE kitchen knifes! All silverware set shall be limited to ONE plastic knife per set.

RIP to the victims.

[2008f450]

Way to go Bloomberg. Instead of cleaning up your city,you send guys to AZ to buy guns at gun shows. Hope blooming moron gets clubbed like a seal in the streets of N.Y.

[Troublco]

If it isn't a gun, it's always the person. As soon as they use a gun, it's the gun. I've seen this for years. Years ago, I remember a guy took his Cadillac and drove it (purposely) into a daycare (in Cali) filled with kids, injured a bunch (thank God none of them were killed) and it was page 42 news. If he had used a gun, it would have been page 1 nationwide. I honestly believe most of the reporters don't really give a crap about the victims, only how they can sensationalize it if it fits their parameters. Bunch of vampires...

[sniper7]

that knife must have a mind of its own. we must save the children and ban al knives immediately.

[theGinsue]

They've been working that way in the U.K. already - since guns are already banned.

[BigBear]

Graffiti artist? ... Isn't graffiti by definition an illegal activity?... So, I guess I know some marijuana artists... Weird.


Don't worry, they won't ban all knives. Just the semi-full-auto sniper baby-cop killer assault ones.

[liberty19]

Next time you go to Target or WalMart, there will be a waiting period on all flatware. Better stock up now!

On a different note: my father was in Brisbane Australia last year visiting my sister. He opened his pocket knife (2" blade) in a store to cut a package open and my sister had to tell him to put it away quickly because it is illegal to open a knife in public. ?!?

[TFOGGER]

that knife must have a mind of its own. we must save the children and ban al knives immediately.

Nah...just ban New York....