# Stabbing rampages in Calgary and Regina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254 "2014-04-16T13:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/1 "2014-04-16T13:50:28Z")
Two nights ago, five people were stabbed to death at a party in Calgary to celebrate the end of the university term: [The five students killed in Calgary’s worst murder have been identified](http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/the-five-students-killed-in-calgary-s-worst-murder-have-been-identified-1.1776360#ixzz2z3aNqlo7) Then, at supper hour yesterday in the main downtown mall in Regina, four people were stabbed: [4 hurt in stabbings at Regina mall, youth in custody](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/4-hurt-in-stabbings-at-regina-mall-youth-in-custody-1.2611657). At the moment, it sounds as if none were fatalities. This follows on the episode in Pennsylvania, which is already the basis for a thread. What’s happening? Where did stabbing suddenly come from as the rampage du jour? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/2 "2014-04-16T18:25:56Z")
Easier to get knives? Is there a new slasher movie out? News coverage copy cats? 15 minutes of fame & hate their lives or other peoples? Prolly not allowed to play Cowboys & Indians or have a cap pistol when they were little so the aggression is all bottled up and finally consplods? Other than that, I got nothin… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/3 "2014-04-16T18:54:57Z")
I got nothing, too - I can’t even begin to imagine why we would have two stabbings like this so close together. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/4 "2014-04-16T19:04:46Z")
The accused in the Calgary case is to charged with five counts of first degree murder. He’s said to have come to the party with a weapon, which I suppose may support “planning and deliberation,” for first degree. Police spokesman says the crime scene was horrific. Accused’s father is a senior officer with the Calgary Police Service, with 30+ years of service. Accused has been sent for a psych assessment. > **[The Toronto Star - Breaking News, Toronto News, Ontario News, Canada News](https://www.thestar.com/?redirect=true)** > > Live news, investigations, politics, sports news and the heartbeat of Toronto, Canada's largest city. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/5 "2014-04-16T20:53:57Z")
When guns are outlawed, only people with knives will kill people. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/6 "2014-04-17T23:59:46Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > When guns are outlawed, only people with knives will kill people. Let me just remark that no one in the Regina stabbing is dead and a guy with an assault rifle might have killed 20 or 30 in the same time. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/7 "2014-04-18T04:40:13Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Let me just remark that no one in the Regina stabbing is dead and a guy with an assault rifle might have killed 20 or 30 in the same time. And… There is no such thing as an assault rifle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anomie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Anomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/8 "2014-04-18T11:27:36Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > And… There is no such thing as an assault rifle. 😃 There is no such thing as an assault _weapon_. That FOX show _The Following_ has a lot of stabbings. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/9 "2014-04-18T14:09:52Z")
Sometimes random things are just random things and only appear to have a pattern. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-rampages-in-calgary-and-regina/686254/10 "2014-04-18T17:29:15Z")
> [@Anomie](#): > > There is no such thing as an assault _weapon_. > > That FOX show _The Following_ has a lot of stabbings. Boy, do they ever. 😃