Why is it an idiocy?
If you are going to be locked in a room with two of the following people and they had access to a gun and an axe which would you choose?
- Harold Shipman
- Fred West
- Ian Brady
- Colin Pitchfork
- Beverley Allitt
- Charles Bronson
I know which two I'd go for, with a high certainty of leaving the room in one piece after a nice cup of tea and a chat.
Since a gun requires very little effort to kill somebody and can be operated by a child i would rule out Beverley Allitt as her motives for Murder have not been established. Alas, she certainly favours babies. But i wouldn't know what is going on in that very twisted mind.
I'd tell Harold Shipman that im Skint and im not an easily coerced old biddy so the chances are, he would find no worth in killing me.
Fred West liked young girls and that rules me out.
Ian Brady, Liked kids also, so that rules me out.
Colin Pitchfork, Exposed himself to teenage girls and was a rapist and murdered teen girls.
Charles Bronson. A bit of an unpredictable fella who once threatened to EAT and Iraqi prisoner and i think im right in saying, the only one that has handled a gun of the names you list. But has no record of him using it on a person (i think). So i would also rule him out along with crazy Bev.
Still, What you are missing is violence is not the only precursor to making somebody dangerous, which was where all this started. Dangerous individuals can be coercive, manipulative, controlling etc all can be every bit as dangerous as one who can pick up a shovel and cave in your skull. Charles Manson springs to mind and there are a swathe of cult leaders even to this day that can achieve gruesome ends without having to lift a finger. In fact, i do wonder looking at the amount of simps that exist on the internet how many capable dangerous lunatics there are?
Anyway, we could apply your logic to domestic violence. What makes a person dangerous to live with? Sure, a violent one, but is that it? Of course it isn't....
I hope that my opinion on the matter is made clearer and why i think the original statement is idiotic.