A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.

New South Wales police said they believed a 40-year-old man was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach. They said they were not able to name him until a formal identification had taken place but that they weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.

The man was shot dead by a police inspector after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.

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    8 months ago

    Where did I say that 3/4s own guns? You stated the majority own firearms for hunting, which is completely false.

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      To clarify, I’m not them - but I said the majority of Americans support hunting rifle ownership. When you get into auto or semi-auto that shifts to a minority. And yea, America outlaws fully automatic weapons but rapid fire semi automatic firearms are quite legal.

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        Do you know that the majority of hunting rifles are semi automatic? Like 80% of all the firearms Americans own are semi automatic. The majority of Americans are ok with firearm ownership. Those who are against firearms for civilian ownership is a minority.

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            The people in this thread don’t understand how statics or well anything works. They’re just pissy that their world views don’t line up with what this circle jerk of antigun people feed each other. They’re at the personal attacks already.