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  • Hate it when they call it a "Samurai Sword" can't they call it a katana or shinken. As a person who does JSA (Japanese Sword Arts) it always pisses me off because even the local karate dojos call it this.

  • 0:59, lol, who the hell is this guy making fun of other news reporters, he is so unknown and pathetic that he has to review another new report like that, w.e, he is just mad he is some unknown bum

  • @ihatefatpeople3000 unknown bum? LOL largest online news show. half a billion views, hes on mainstream media quite a bit. has his own show on current tv

  • @ihatefatpeople3000 and look what he did it with, a desk and a shitty camera

  • he shouldnt have entered the dragon

  • just my opinion though, so don't take it too seriously

  • If you ask me, the kid did what he had to do, that's all there was to it. If someone came into your house, and attacked you, and you had a weapon, you know you'd use it too. I would, if i where in the kid's shoes. Dunno how it is there, but here in my side of the u.s. if someone breaks into your house and assaults you can blow there head clear off as long as there through the door before you do it, and as long as they don't land back outside, but im just sayin' i think the kid had the right.

  • one shit less.

  • MY HERO

  • Damn. In prison I can picture 8-Ball getting ready to rape this guy, laughing, asking him whats he in for. "I killed a bitch with a sword." 8-Ball stops laughing and leaves.

  • aspiring surgeon at John Hopkins University Medical Center

  • I find the raw callousness of these two "reporters" very disturbing. Laughing and joking about another human being chopped to death. A very sad commentary on a pervese and morally bankrupt generation. Shame on you two! Whether or not the intruder deserved the death penalty will be a matter for our judicial system to decide. Facing a man wielding a four foot long steel razor blade I would have bolted for the nearest exit. Guess he should have as well.

  • @ponderwilu i agree, and i agree. thankfully immature news casters like this usually reach an audience of about none

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  • Anyways, I generally don't like TYT videos because the dude on the left, while he occasionally has valid arguments, makes miraculously ignorant remarks like, "How badly did that kid want to use that sword?" I'm going to venture to say that the sword was not "decorative", considering the wounds involved, and that the user had training. I highly doubt he looked forward to wounding someone with any sword It's typical in martial arts to teach students that violence is a last and undesired resort.

  • Wow ur laughing at somebody getting killed freaking ass holes!

  • @SuperAwais12 It was a horrible creeper who had a history of going into peoples houses and stealing things. He was a lowlife and deserved to die. I'm sure the guy would have been reasonable, and if the burglar hadn't attacked him, he wouldn't have been killed. It was his own fault, and I have no sympathy for him.

  • @SuperAwais12 oh well he shouldnt of been trying to rob someone.

  • its called a katana i think.

  • @prithwin The Katana is a fairly long sword. I have one myself. I have forgotten the names of the other shorter blades. They are generally called Samurai Swords though, to stop any confusion.

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  • "We don't know if he is guilty" He was in another persons house.....Guilty.

  • What a boss! fucking cut this dude down. 

  • You mf suck

  • Samori swords cost like 300$ and their durable if you buy from the right place like it did

  • fukin dick head reporters its not funny, some poor fucker died

  • @nintendo929daking No, a scumbag burglar died, not some poor fucker. The fact that the stupid shitstain was killed by a katana is just really really badass..

  • @nintendo929daking The cunt died from breaking into property, and he used self defence.

  • man, i thought this would only happen in japan. im gona get me a samurai sword too just incase, zombie apocalypse or something like that

  • AWWW i dont want to put it down lol

  • WAIT JUST A MINITE!!!! SAMURAI SWORDS COST 1000's OF DOLLERS!!!

    so...

    A) he is a drug dealer or

    B) he is just kick-ass rich

  • @daisytheLabradoodle depends on the quality of the sword...

  • @daisytheLabradoodle Reproduction samurai swords are available and vary in both price and quality.

  • these guys are ass holes lol

  • only in america can a man strike someone down with a samurai sword, claim he attacked first without proof, then walk out a free man :)

  • @huricane316 The buglar entered his property. No proof needed of anything else. Either you are a productive citizen who works and pays your taxes and earns your material possessions.... Or you are trash. Simple as that. We do NOT need to give criminals like this any rights. The second you make the decision to enter someone elses private residence or even STEP on their property without permission or a NEED to do so you are at the homeowners' whim. Simple. Don't steal, don't get dead.

  • @JbmxG89 not that i don't agree with the system, i only said it like that because here in the uk if i were to break into someone's house without stealing or damaging anything and they ended up breaking my leg, they would go to jail, not me.

  • @huricane316 A lot of states here in the U.S. are ass backwards like that as well. No one should have to worry about the government they pay taxes to, prosecuting them for protecting their belongings they buy with the rest of the money the government doesn't take. Think about it, in many cases unless you have insurance and a log of the items and proof you had what you say, at most you will win restitution. Explain how a criminal in jail will pay you the money he owes?

  • where did he buy that samurai sword i want one i have been using a huge metal ruler as a house intruder weapon its getting old to me :P

  • Any update on this story, did John Hopkins go to prison or not? I hope he didnt, and is free to play the excellent Shogun Total War 2 on the pc :)

  • that guy was protecting his home but i feel sorry for the guy for getting sliced. I dont know about him, but most criminals are desperate, there are a lot of factors. Still crime is crime and you must pay, such a tough topic.

  • @iHacksorzz How is it a tough topic? a criminal with a insane record broke into some guys house and probably was going to attack him so he received a downwards slash. You break into someone house and possibly threaten their life all the rules are off.

  • That dude is DEAD, dead as a doorknob. wow...

  • how is that funny... a man lost his life..

  • I hate hearing a Katana being called a "samurai Sword" as much as i hate to hear a Shuriken being called a "ninja star" >:( lol

  • you idiots dont know how to say katana?shut up! mongrel-oid!

  • No body can say katana?

  • in soviet russia HOUSE ROB YOU!

    of your fucking hands.

  • Just like Cenk would say that America needs more gun control laws if a law abiding citizen use a gun in self defense. I say America needs sword control laws. I mean, what kind nut cases are buying swords? Are there any back ground checks going on? Are the swords being registered? Is there any data base system of registered sword owners? How do you like that Cenk?

  • As A YOUNG Turk (16 years old NOT 40+), I could not be more embarrassed. They show viral clips and comment on them in insulting, non-entertaining, and demeaning ways. If you want to watch someone commenting on viral clips, watch RayWilliamJohnson. Please stop watching TYT videos. They are causing a bad reputation for YOUNG Turks everywhere. Thanks for reading.

  • what is the issue here? 'oh no! how could someone kill someone with a samurai sword like that?!' it was a fucking robber, and it sounds like he did it by the books too, he didn't just indescriminantly attack the robber, he told him to get out and was 'attacked' (for lack of a more specific word) so he defended himself...but of course that concept doesn't register in mainstream American society, 'oh, how violent!' grow up

  • @Xslayer314 So... let's say you're a robber, you're unarmed, and you're confronted with a guy brandishing a SWORD. He tells you to leave. You weigh your options carefully, and you... attack? Why on earth would you attack? Now, OF COURSE the sword guy is going to SAY that the burglar attacked him, or he would be in deep trouble with the law, wouldn't he? So of course he's going to SAY that the robber "just kept coming" in spite of serious cut wounds.

  • @Gilmaris Ok, if I were choosing to rob a house, I'd be stupid not to think before proceeding "whelp, I should be prepared for anything bc what I'm doing isn't just unexpected by the owner, but also illegal, so it would be foolish of me not to EXPECT to get attacked", it's not like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, he CHOSE to break into the house, stop defending foolish people, there's no mystery here, the point: don't fuck with other ppl's shit without expecting consequences.

  • @Xslayer314 If I were to rob a house, I'd make goddamn sure the house was EMPTY first. A burglar wishes to avoid confrontation. Not just because confrontation is dangerous, but murder cases are investigated a bit more thoroughly than burglaries. In other words, if I EXPECTED to be attacked, I wouldn't break in in the first place. And I am not defending the burglar as such: I am merely not defending the home owner.

  • @Gilmaris Yea, no shit, if you're going to commit any crime, be prepared to face ALL consequences, and if you aren't defending the burglar, then why are you bitching about what happened to this one? stop being a cunt, shut up, and move on.

  • @Xslayer314 You're being the cunt here, you haven't even read my comments properly. I am not bitching about what happened to the burglar, I am bitching about what the psycho home-owner DID. Because 1) this was more likely murder than self-defence (and I am NOT in the business of defending murderers), and 2) this sort of half-brained thing can have very real repercussions for sword-collectors like myself.

  • @Gilmaris HAHAHA! we'll get to the sword-owner thing later. Killing someone that comes into your house 'mysteriously' (in the middle of the night,crashing around,stealing your shit, etc.) is unfortunate, but not unexpected (defending yourself, with a weapon if necessary, not AIMING to kill) and isn't really murder (bc wasn't the intention, and was in response to a home intrusion) and as for your sword claim: most ppl still won't give a shit, esp. bc of this vid, could have been a knife, grow up

  • @Xslayer314 When the victim is unarmed, and suffer not one, but SEVERAL deep cuts to the chest (as well as losing a hand), this does not look like self defence at all.

    And I don't care what YOU care about: I am still entitled to be concerned for the sword community. Knives are ALREADY banned as import goods, and so are "samurai swords" in the UK, precisely because of people like this who can't think further than their own nose-tips. A general sword-ban may not be far away.

  • @Gilmaris A. I don't care about your wants personally. I care that as a productive citizen myself (I work, and pay my taxes), I have the right to use whatever I have nearest me to subdue the person. Now, seeing as how I've never used a weapon on anything, never been in such a situation... I would not likely be able to determine what damage I had done or was doing to the person after they lunged at me and instinct said to swing and keep swinging. Adrenaline takes over, you don't think. Simple.

  • @Xslayer314 How do you know it wasn't the intention, by the way? Everything speaks AGAINST your stand. You just defend the guy because the victim was an intruder. I say the guy relished at an opportunity to use his sword, as the injuries rather clearly suggest.

  • @Gilmaris HAHAHA! The only reason you're even arguing is because you're an angry, sword-collecting societal outcast, congrats faggot, that's the only reason you're defending the intruder: for personal conviction. You should ashamed of yourself, you know that? And whether you like it or not swords will NEVER be socially accepted in the US, regardless of this. Ppl think sword-owners are 'off' or nuts regardless, I know, I have several, so just grow up and accept it.

  • of course he lacerated the guys body and severed his hand. there is no weapon sharper than a samurai katana, to test how sharp it was they would cut criminals with one blow.

  • Jesus. It kills me when i hear "Sword" or "Samurai Sword" or the popular British "Shamuraei Shword". It's a fucking katana. Shinken. And the prick up there making fun of him can go fucking die.

  • Doorknobs don't die?

  • that guy isnt funny XD how corny,

    anyways, kool story :3

  • HUMILIATION

  • Your captions are speaking jibberish again.

  • thats the most badass way to deal with a burglar. Iaijutsu his ass with a katana. Now, why didnt I think of that...

  • ur so cool u can crack jokes about some ones video for instence u try to make ur self seam funny to make u look special

  • woops, i guess he shouldnt have been in that house..justice

  • Does this dude anchoring the actually think he's funny? Maybe to himself..

  • it's not cool to kill anyone, if someone attacked me unarmed, I would fight him ... if someone attacked me with a deadly weapon I'd run if I'm sure that I can get away. If someone attacked me with deadly weapon and I'm not sure that I can run away intact I'll try to disarm or disable him and if that doesn't go well then I'd pretty much have to kill him. -Keep this in mind yourself. Fast thinking is crucial.

  • @AleksandarTadich Fast thinking? Are you kidding? Can you think of all those things in the time it takes for a man to lunge at you and knock you over?

    The important thing is not to think, it's to REACT. Thinking slows you down, and you don't have time to slow down when a man lunges at you. This kid reacted, and he had a katana in his hand. It might not be what he wanted to kill this man, but he saved himself.

    Point is, your idea of adapting to the sitation doesn't always work. Gotta react.

  • @0dragonice0 depends if you are the first time in such situation or not. First time it happened to me I reacted instinctively. Every other time I knew what to expect and was ready to think think fast. But true some people are unable of thinking fast and it slows them down, just like people who freeze right before car are about to run them over instead of jumping away. experience with such things counts alot.

  • @AleksandarTadich

    Still, a story like this video is better then a story of another teen being murdered. He chose to react instead of think, and it might have been the thing that saved his life.

  • These news reporters are stupid!!! The young man with the samurai sword is a hero, he got rid of a career criminal and saved us tax-payers money.

  • @leroy592 dick

  • @maddog78611 Don't tell me you're on the intruder's side. The intruder got what he deserved.

  • @leroy592 im not on the intruders side what he did was REALLY STUPID but come on why are we all saying "YAY THIS PERSON KILLED SOMEONE WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THIS AMERICAN HERO". He killed someone how is that being a hero let alone an AMERICAN hero we toss that phrase around too much Dr Martin Luther King jr. was an american hero not someone defending himself

  • @leroy592 Pro-death penalty I persume? How sickening...

  • @ChargeMan1991 Damn right!!

  • These news guys are idiots, if someone breaks into your house you need to use whatever is at your disposal to defend yourself. Telling people not to use a samurai sword is moronic at best. I have a few decorative swords but if someone breaks into my house my .40 cal hand gun will work best to defend my family. Good job young sword dude, it takes courage to stand up and not be a victim no mater what you have in your hand.

  • He just saved the the tax payers money.Thanks kid! LOL

  • good, one less criminal alive. that is how you reduce crime by threat of being killed when breaking in someones house. every should have the right to self defence and kill the criminal time if ii nessary.

  • Poor guy....So what if he was bum who was in and out of prison...nobody deserves to die from a guy who uses a katana as a form of home defense and isn't even asian...Thatr kinda makes me feel bad that i have a ninja sword on my wall above my bed...I thought nobody fucks with a guy with a sword...but apparently some do fuck with that guy...And i dont know if i could fuck with him back ( no homo)...Its probably hard to slice a bitch up with a sword..id feel bad

  • Nice to see the sword is still a useful too

  • that fox news pic of the sword was epic fail!

  • It is abrieviated, as a Katana. It's not called a Samurai Sword. That's it's alternative name. The weapon beleived, to have a soul, of its own. it is a huge dishonorment. To just blankley call it a "Samurai Sword". And XuebeiSPCS, BULLSHIT buddy. Next you're going to tell me. The Samurai came from China. Lots of countrys started "Folding Blades". But the Katana, is a Japanese Design. I guarentee you. The sword is more sharp. Than ANY Chinese blade, Ever devised! :P

  • @ProudFinn1 Dude, who cares...

  • @ProudFinn1 im not an expert and i dont mean to sound like a troll, but it looks more like a kodachi or a wakizashi than a katana. the blade seems just a little too straight.

  • @ProudFinn1 I like this guy lol

    Katana's should be called Katana's, even i was offended, I have a love for the Japanese blade. :3

  • @ProudFinn1 sorry to break it to you, but these people aren't gunna take the time or consideration to stop saying 'samurai sword', and you probably shouldn't start making baseless historical arguments bc someone will swoop in with a 'well actually...' if you're not careful, for all you know katanas and other samurai swords (bc yes, they carried more than just katanas) could have come from China, most 'Japanese' items are based in China (the mainland)

  • @ProudFinn1 (thought you should see this too) sorry to reiterate your above statement to ProudFinn1, but yea good point, China really did either invent or make mainstream most cultural artifacts and technology found in Japan, the guy above is probably just another angry white J-nerd defending any mention of Japan with his limited knowledge of the facts bc like most of his/her kind is too fat and lazy to 'do the work' and become well-read on the subject

  • @ProudFinn1 katanas are my favorite, and its awesome how they can cut bullets, i actually watched a modern day samurai deflect and slice bullets fired at him before.

    people should know to NEVER fuck with samurai! :D

  • @ZeroJinKui

    True that! :D

  • @ProudFinn1 Looks like you need to do some research into Chinese swords. Many were incredibly sharp. Keep in mind that the shape of the blade has NOTHING to do with the sharpness of the edge. Sure the katana is a Japanese sword, but its design and construction originated in China, like many things Japanese. The way you talk about the katana suggests that its the ultimate sword. Instead of getting your information from video games or anime, go read reputable books and documents.

  • @ProudFinn1

    Hey buddy, "katana" is just the generic name for "sword" in Japanese. It's so generic that you'll sometimes hear it called "nihon katana," which just would mean "Japanese sword." Then there's "tachi" which, don't get excited, is about equivalent to "long sword." And it's the sword most people associate with samurai. It's not too good to be called "samurai sword" since it's reasonably accurate. They were swords used by samurai.

    You internet nerds are a laugh.

  • @ProudFinn1 Nice grammar.

  • @AfthartosVideos at least he knows his katana :)

  • @ProudFinn1

    Please be quiet, weeaboo.

  • For all those stuck up twonks saying they're called "katanas" your wrong, katana is a type of sub-category of the Japanese sword family. It could of been a wakizashi or some otter kind. Samurais carried 3 or more different blades usually, because of the danger of the blade breaking. BTW china invented the concept of folding blades, which led to this family of weapons, China beats the shit out of Japan in ancient technology.

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  • @XuebeiSPCS sorry to reiterate your above statement to ProudFinn1, but yea good point, China really did either invent or make mainstream most cultural artifacts and technology found in Japan, the guy above is probably just another angry white J-nerd defending any mention of Japan with his limited knowledge of the facts bc like most of his/her kind is too fat and lazy to 'do the work' and become well-read on the subject

  • Yeah,making jokes about someone dying is funny, isn't it...?

  • i would rather have a society of people all carrying or owning samarai swords than to have people owning guns

  • @BeingNobody1956 people are more scared of knives & sword more then guns cus if a robber is holding a gun *it might accidentally go off* Aand you live, but with a sword,when tehy are robbed people are too scared to push down cus they might get hurt while doing it... sry for bad english im in a rush :D

  • What the hell is a samurai sword? Do they think the kid holding the sword was from 12th century Japan?

  • @Vandal49 you DO realize some people practice (i 4got wat it was) sword arts, and they own REAL swords so they can practice and have fun with their friend and stuff, and i gtg...

  • @ExForceFire Yes. There is no such thing as a 'samurai sword.'

  • @Vandal49 think its called a katana, im not sure... :3

  • He broke into his house he's a criminal he's scum he deserved it.

  • bashing on victims!! F&*^&^ off!!! guy breaks in home guy goes after home owner F(*&) him his dead and home owner alive good for that kid

  • WHAASHINKDID!!!!!!!

  • i just had a vision about my future:" i will kill a guy with a odachi(uber long katana) after my roommate hits him over the head with a kanabo(studded club)"

    lol katanas rock!

  • It's called a katana :P

  • I cant wait a thief come into my house.

  • Dont break into peoples homes, these things wont happen.

  • Guy might have wanted a kill but atleast he did so with justification, I can't blame him for killing as the person was a robber. However taking the man's hand first shows he could have let him live as after the hand he sliced his chest open, killer instinct but kind of blood thirsty.

    Once you remoce a limb like a hand the attacker is no longer much of a threat and could have been spared, just saying he had an option not to kill the guy. I would have killed as well though just to be sure.

  • @Offworlder1 Emm.. I think you miss it. The hand was most likely in the way of the primary cut. Even some of the less expensive swords on the market nowadays are plenty "capable". What the kid did was the equivalent of going through about 3 tatami mats.. not really even an advanced cut.

    Depending on the where and when of it.. you could easily take an arm and cut all the way to the sternum/spine with one cut.

  • @Offworlder1 one simple answer - no lawsuit.

  • TYT annoy the fuck out me

  • Haha that dude was dead! Freakin hillarious! :P

  • guess that kid was the REAL last samurai

  • students can buy samurai at there school

  • Don't fuck iwth Anime Otakus.

  • Killionare!

    

  • thats a shitty sword... a real samurai sword with the slightest thin young girl could cut you in half they are so sharp... lets just say its not a REAL samurai sword

  • @TheBulitt When did "sharp" define a "real" samurai sword. Perhaps it's blunt. Most places you could buy a katana would only sell blunt swords.

  • I'm conservative to the core and I don't agree with much TYT says but they always have the greatest stories hahaha.

  • Bushido  Blade

  • FUCK USA MURDER ALL AMERICANS !

  • @6580006247 woooowwwwww dude really? wowwww you fuckin inmmature harldly anyone likes america and we know it too but like.. come on you dont have to be all "Oh BLAH BLAH BLAH IMM BADDASS CUZ I DONTLIKE AMERICA BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!"

  • That is fucking awesome. Sometimes the worst parts of America are the best parts of America.

  • You have the right to defend yourself. If the kid was unarmed the robber would have harmed him because he did not want to leave witnesses behind. Just like the Mayor of New York City would say... HE does not want Americans fighting back instead he wants Americans to let the criminal do what ever and hope for the best.

  • KICK THE MOTHER FUCKER OUT!!! OMG! 

  • I envy this kid!

  • I think I would fire these two people, see if that wiped the smile off of that bitches face.

  • No Luke I am your father!

  • i got 2 and very sharp imported from Japan!!!

  • Swords don't kill people,

    Uh ah,

    I kill people, with swords.

    XD

  • @Irefulbellum epic comment is epic

  • when i hear creaks in my house i whip out my two samurai swords lmfao.

  • 2 words: FINISH HIM

  • These reporters are disgusting. Dead is not normally funny unless you are very twisted in the mind. This is not normal.... Don't let yourselves be desensitized.  Jesus died for everyone and everyone has great value. This video is very sick

  • @subtlequest Your religion is bullshit and if you are gonna rob someone you deserve what ever self-defense tactics your victim will pull on you, including getting your hand cut off by a sword.

  • @MMaeidlilniAW You prove my point. You may die like you are and it is not because you didn't hear the truth. You will have a lot of company, and your guilt will remain on you and you will get what you deserve. What you sow you will reap. Now you have been warned twice.

  • @subtlequest Luckily nothing will ever happen since your god doesn't exist. Have a nice time of not existing you fearful ignorant human being.

  • @MMaeidlilniAW You like proving my point....

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  • @MMaeidlilniAW

    Deuteronomy Chapter 7:9-10

    009: Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

    010: And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them:  he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

  • @subtlequest no the man deserved to die. If you attack someone rather than leave peacefully you deserve to be butchered.

  • @Lemmingologist

    If i were breaking into a person's home I would expect to be killed... and I would not blame the person who killed me. My point is the taking of a life even a thieves life is not funny or entertaining unless you are twisted. And Jesus cared for the eternal destination of the thief. Are we so dull to think that we who are created in the image of God are of no value and that killing and death is funny entertainment. Don't sleep.

  • @subtlequest lol weakest threat ever and people dying is fucking hilarious.

  • @Lemmingologist

    You only reveal yourself 

  • i have a katana at home, and i have thought about what if someone breaks in. i usually take it with me if im investigating something. i always figure cutting off their hand would be enough.

    but a little heads up about killing someone with a katana. its easy but not that easy, not the way he did it. to cut through a hand like that you have to swing with intent. he wasnt a novice he knew what he was doing. you have to swing not just to slash but to cut, you dont accidentally cut through bone.

  • @tuseroni

    If a katana is sharp enough, one cut could kill you. It depends on where you are hit: if there is an artery or large blood vessel it would bleed out the person.

    One cut to the neck from a katana and your gone, likewise for a chest stab.

  • @Crygenetics well its not a question of killing someone, i was talking specifically about cutting through bone. that takes a skilled cut, a wild swing will injure, could even kill, but to cut through flesh and bone in one slice you have to swing with a purposeful cut.

  • I hope anyone who hates this kid for defending his home gets killed by a dude with a samurai sword.

  • @SDAddario88 challenge accepted!

  • Wow! These guys are total jerks! Way to dispel the dumb American stereotype, losers.

  • Ana's rack looks incredible in this clip

  • @hereslookinaukid - Indeed.

  • Moral of the story? Don't fuck around with a guy with a samurai sword........they're sharp.

  • Yeah, no big deal right? He just prevented himself from being another victim in a robbery report......But in other circumstances, maybe he prevented himself from being a murder victim. "It was here, in the comfort and relatively safety of their own home that Bryan (Harvey), Kathryn and their two young daughters were bound and then slashed, stabbed and in one or more cases, brutally beaten to death. "

  • Why is it okay to kill somebody with a samurai sword, but not with a gun?