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A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country’s soaring knife crime epidemic.
Last week in his valedictory address, retiring Luton Crown Court Judge Nic Madge spoke of his concern that carrying a knife had become routine in some circles and called on the Government to ban the sale of large pointed kitchen knives.
[...] He said laws designed to reduce the availability of weapons to young would-be offenders had had “almost no effect”, since the vast majority had merely taken knives from a cutlery drawer.
[...] He asked: “But why we do need eight-inch or ten-inch kitchen knives with points?
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Knives are too Sharp and Filing Down their Points is Solution to Soaring Violent Crime, Judge Says
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Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 01 2018, @11:38PM (1 child)
That's one of my core beliefs as well. It's why I can't stand collectivism or identity politics. They reduce all the complexity of a human being down to a buzzword and assign homogenous traits to every member. You know, just like old-school racists did.
P.S. I doubt he was seriously advocating that, though he probably would if you wound him up a bit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Saturday June 02 2018, @02:31PM
Highlighting the confusion of intent, where some people commit evil acts so rather than judging them, just judge the harmless inanimate objects found at their crime scenes. Sorta like the old bumper sticker "My guns have killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy".