{"id":214555,"date":"2025-03-31T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=214555"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:55:54","slug":"amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Mass Stabbing Highlights Importance of 2A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A violent stabbing spree in Amsterdam that left two Americans and three others hospitalized is serving as a stark reminder of why the 2A matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dutch authorities, the attack appears to have been random. A passerby finally stopped the suspect, who was also hospitalized. Among the injured were a 67-year-old American woman and a 69-year-old American man. The other victims were from Belgium, Poland, and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mass stabbing in Amsterdam leaves 5 injured, including 2 Americans\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Oe4qFW4ioI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">News of the mass stabbing in Amsterdam from the <em>New York Post<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While police investigate a motive, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is using this as a moment to underline a simple truth: when seconds count, being armed can make all the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cViolent attacks like this happen suddenly, no matter where you are,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/ccrkba.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a\" title=\"Amsterdam Mass Stabbing Highlights Importance of 2A\">CCRKBA<\/a> Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a press release obtained by GunsAmerica. \u201cBut if they occur here in the United States, there is at least the potential that a legally <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/can-private-citizens-arm-personal-drones-courts-decide-flying-gun-video-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a\" title=\"Amsterdam Mass Stabbing Highlights Importance of 2A\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"807\">armed private citizen<\/a> might intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-pregnant-wife-dark-night-burglary-suspect-armed-husband\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/pregnant-wife-dark-night-burglary-suspect-armed-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a\" title=\"Amsterdam Mass Stabbing Highlights Importance of 2A\">Pregnant Wife, Dark Night, Burglary Suspect, Armed Husband\u2026<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gottlieb emphasized that the U.S. has seen armed citizens stop mass attacks on multiple occasions\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/cprc-armed-citizen-responders-stopped-active-shooters-40-of-the-time-in-gun-friendly-zones\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a\" title=\"Amsterdam Mass Stabbing Highlights Importance of 2A\">more often than most realize.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the Second Amendment, more than 21 million Americans are licensed to carry concealed, with millions more covered under permitless carry laws in 29 states. That means <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/make-millions-of-law-abiding-citizens-felons-overnight-lawmakers-warn-doj-about-brace-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"amsterdam-mass-stabbing-highlights-importance-of-2a\" title=\"Amsterdam Mass Stabbing Highlights Importance of 2A\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"808\">millions of law-abiding citizens<\/a> are empowered to defend themselves and others, whether from a lunatic with a knife or a criminal with a gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is appalling how anti-gunners and their allies in state legislatures, and on Capitol Hill, continue efforts to disarm honest citizens in this country,\u201d Gottlieb said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe idea that leaving good people vulnerable to vicious attack by criminals or crazy people will somehow prevent crime is, at best, delusional,&#8221; he continued.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That much was demonstrated in Amsterdam (with the mass stabbing), where they don\u2019t enjoy the 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