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MyspaceOn Sunday night, Santa Barbara Police Department responded to two unrelated reports of stabbings in downtown Santa Barbara.
Officers first responded to a stabbing reported from Vera Cruz Park around 10:21 p.m. A 45-year-old male victim told officers that he and a 31-year-old got into an argument that resulted in the latter stabbing him in his right bicep. After police located the alleged stabber on the 500 block of Santa Barbara Street, he told officers that the two were lying in bed while watching TV and that he stabbed the victim with a knife because he made sexual advances. According to the police report, the 31-year-old grew agitated at the police station and attempted to smash the window of the interview room with a chair before being subdued by an officer’s Taser. He was booked into county jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism of the interview room. The victim was treated and released from the hospital.
Less than 20 minutes later, officers responded to a fight at 306 West Ortega Street, where they found a 47-year-old male victim with stab wounds to the side of his face and right shoulder. Witnesses reported that the victim had been in a fight with 54-year-old man who produced the knife to stab the victim twice. The victim was transported to the hospital to be treated for his injuries, and has been released. The alleged stabber fled the scene of the fight but was found by officers on Castillo Street, where he was arrested and booked in the county jail for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
Ryan Neal is an Independent intern.
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Something has to be done about all these stabbings! I propose that the time has come to introduce legislation for knife control. I'm tired of those knife-whackos who hide behind the second amendment with their asinine comments such as "knives don't kill people, only people kill people".
The Founding Fathers never could have foreseen the social changes that would take place when the wrote the constitution. At the very least, I favor a 48-hour waiting period for someone wanting to buy a knife, and only reputable home appliance stores should sell them.
We should also outlaw the human ego, which is next on the agenda--oh wait, is that the cause of all this violence?
billclausen (anonymous profile)
June 30, 2009 at 6:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good one Bill! :)
I have to admit that while not happy to read about stabbings, I was pretty happy that they weren't teenaged gang members. Just old fools in these instances. Is that progress or are they just not reporting on the gang violence?
santabarbarasand (anonymous profile)
June 30, 2009 at 6:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ryan you have a type-o "stabbing the him"
Bill if you take away the knives you will have sharpened instruments if you take those away they will pick up lead pipes etc.
Even in prison people get knifed or shanked. My point is... People will always find a way to hurt someone when fear and anger plays a major role in their lives.
Just my opinion.
Jhern (anonymous profile)
July 1, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Jhern, take your sarcasm detector in for recalibration.
CharlesB (anonymous profile)
July 1, 2009 at 8:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Jhern, Thank you for addressing my point, and I will address yours: People speak of "sensible" gun control, and how when we pass new laws "This will be a good start". I say that banning all knives will be a good start.
My next move--which my minion and cohort santabarbarasand is devoting her full-time energy to--is to ban those sharp objects to which you refer, but the banning of mere kitchen utensils is just the beginning as I plan to ban chopsticks, and all drumsticks weighing more than 1 kilogram. (2.2 pounds) Our goal is to have a totally statist society where anything that can be used as a weapon will be regulated by the government
We encourage all of you to turn over your knives, spoons, and ladels to our centralized depositing center at the following address: 101 S. state street, Santa Barbara, Ca. Failure to comply will result in a severe tongue-lashing by another Indy blogger "hank", who fully supports this noble goal.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
July 1, 2009 at 9:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Now for the serious point: Jhern and I actually agree and he makes (in a serious way as opposed to my sarcasm) the point I am making which is that what we see happening is that while our govenrment devises more ways to control us, these legislative measures fail to take into account the dark side of human nature which seems to be spiraling out of control.
From time to time, one must blow off steam but in so doing, one can still make their point. I think we all feel the same way about what is happening.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
July 1, 2009 at 9:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)