Many mass killings have been committed without the use of a firearm. The elimination of guns would not prevent mass killings.

CLAIM: Mass killings are because of guns. If you get rid of guns, there will be no more mass killings.

REALITY: This is false, some of the largest mass killings were committed without firearms.

Lately, the mainstream media has made people believe that mass killings are only possible with the use of a firearm. This is false.

Many terrorist or mass killers will use vehicles, bombs, aircrafts, arson, or knives to commit mass murder.

Below, I list several attacks that killed numerous people where a firearm wasn’t used. Many of the attacks were in countries with strict gun laws, like Japan, Australia, and China.

It is not true that removing firearms would prevent mass killings.

2018 TORONTO ATTACK
Location: Toronto, Canada
Date: April 23rd 2018
Attack Type: Vehicle
Deaths: 10
Injured: 15

CHINA SHOVEL LOADER ATTACK
Location: Hebei province in China
Date: August 1, 2010
Attack Type: Vehicle
Deaths: 11
Injured: 30

QUAKERS HILL NURSING HOME FIRE
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: November 18, 2011
Attack Type: Arson
Deaths: 11
Injured: 32

2022 SASKATCHEWAN STABBING
Location: Weldon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date: September 4, 2022
Attack Type: Stabbing
Deaths: 12
Injured: 18

2016 BERLIN TRUCK ATTACK
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: December 19, 2016
Attack Type: Vehicle
Deaths: 12
Injured: 55

CHILDERS PALACE BACKPACKERS HOSTEL FIRE
Location: Childers, Queensland, Australia
Date: June 23, 2000
Attack Type: Arson
Deaths: 15
Injured: 10

2017 BARCELONA ATTACK
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Date: August 17, 2017
Attack Type: Vehicle
Deaths: 16
Injured: 152

2016 SAGAMIHARA KNIFE ATTACK
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: July 26, 2016
Attack Type: Stabbing
Deaths: 19
Injured: 26

MANCHESTER ARENA BOMBING
Location: Manchester Arena,
Manchester, England
Date: May 22, 2017
Attack Type: Bombing
Deaths: 23
Injured: 1,017

UPSTAIRS LOUNGE ARSON ATTACK
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Date: June 24, 1973
Attack Type: Arson
Deaths: 32
Injured: 15

2014 KUNMING ATTACK
Location: Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in the southwest of China
Date: March 1, 2014
Attack Type: Stabbing
Deaths: 33
Injured: 141

BRUSSELS BOMBING
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: March 22, 2016
Attack Type: Bombing
Deaths: 32
Injured: 300

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 1771
Location: San Luis Obispo County
near Cayucos, California, U.S.
Date: December 7, 1987
Attack Type: Aircraft
Deaths: 43
Injured: 0

7 JULY 2005 LONDON BOMBINGS
Location: London, England
Date: July 7, 2005
Attack Type: Bombing
Deaths: 56
Injured: 784

2016 NICE TRUCK ATTACK
Location: Nice, France
Date: July 14, 2016
Attack Type: Vehicle
Deaths: 86
Injured: 458

HAPPY LAND FIRE
Location: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date: March 25, 1990
Attack Type: Arson
Deaths: 87
Injured: 6

GERMANWINGS FLIGHT 9525
Location: North-west of Nice in the French Alps
Date: March 24, 2015
Attack Type: Aircraft
Deaths: 150
Injured: 0

OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date: April 19, 1995
Attack Type: Truck Bombing
Deaths: 168
Injured: 680

MADRID TRAIN BOMBING
Location: Madrid, Spain
Date: March 11, 2004
Attack Type: Bombing
Deaths: 191
Injured: 1800

9/11 TERRORIST ATTACK
Location: New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania
Date: 9/11/2001
Attack Type: Aircraft
Deaths: 2,977
Injured: Thousands

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