A Brief History
On October 31, 2017, an Uzbek immigrant to the United States deliberately drove a rented truck into a New York City bicycle and jogging path, killing eight people and injuring another 11 in a terrorist mass killing that proves bad people do not need guns to commit terrible crimes.
Digging Deeper
Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov was apparently a supporter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and intended his actions as a terrorist event. After leaving the truck, he brandished a paintball gun and a pellet gun and was shot and wounded by the police. Saipov later agreed to plead guilty to the murders to avoid a death sentence, though his case is still pending.
Many have pointed out the futility of trying to end mass murder by so called “gun control” measures that invariably would do nothing to actually prevent such heinous acts. What do you think?
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Davidson, Sam. ISIL: The Rise of a Cult State. Kindle, 2019.
Duwe, Grant. Mass Murder in the United States: A History. McFarland & Company, 2007.
The featured image in this article, a map by PerryPlanet for the terror attack in lower Manhattan in 2017, is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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