There are about 800 people from Las Vegas with bullet wounds that would have fared better against an elderly man with only a knife.

The parent's comment wasn't that eliminating guns would simply lead to more stabbings. It was an example of a policy - literally stab everyone to death, first order - that would have the desired effect but where clearly other aspects than "no shootings" obviously dominate.

That said, it's not a perfect response in that it's a logical elaboration of presumably non-literal rhetoric.

> That said, it's not a perfect response in that it's a logical elaboration of presumably non-literal rhetoric.

You might view it as a pointed way of seeking clarification of the argument really being made behind that presumably hyperbolic rhetoric.

Sure. That was meant to be quite mild criticism.